The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops approved a “special pastoral message on immigration” Nov. 12, voicing “our concern here for immigrants” at their annual fall plenary assembly in Baltimore.

The work that the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) does, “like the work of any episcopal conference, has to be pastoral,” said Archbishop Bernard Hebda of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and ...

Archbishop Gustavo Garcia-Siller of San Antonio, center left, is seen in a file photo celebrating Mass with other clergymen for undocumented immigrants held at the South Texas Detention Center in ...

(RNS) — In 2022, Pope Francis was asked about the U.S. bishops’ conference and identified one man, El Paso, Texas, Bishop Mark Seitz, as an example of a “good pastor.” Seitz, who had just been named ...