USCCB - (Office of Media Relations) - January 2008 Press Release Archives

January 2008 Press Release Archives

PAPAL VISIT MEDIA ADVISORY (08-012)
January 30, 2008
WASHINGTON---Applications for media credentials to cover Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to the United States, April 15-20, are available online at http://www.uspapalvisit.org/mediakit/index.htm; access is at Media Credentials. Application deadline is Feb. 21.
'Love Is The Only Light’, Message Of 2008 Collection For Church In Central And Eastern Europe (08-010)
January 28, 2008
WASHINGTON---'Love is the only light’ is the theme for the 2008 Collection for the Church in Central and Eastern Europe. This year, the Collection will be conducted by most Catholic parishes on February 6, Ash Wednesday, or the First Sunday of Lent immediately following. The message draws on Benedict XVI’s first encyclical, God is Love.
U.S. Bishops Urge Priority For Poor Families In National Response To Economic Stress (08-009)
January 24, 2008
WASHINGTON---U.S. Catholic bishops urged Congress and the Bush Administration to work together quickly to shape and pass effective economic "measures to help our nation and our people respond to growing economic stress."
Pope Accepts Resignation Of Springfield-Cape Girardeau Bishop Leibrecht, Names Knoxville Chancellor To Succeed Him (08-008)
January 24, 2008
WASHINGTON-Pope Benedict XVI accepted the resignation of Bishop John J. Leibrecht, 77, as Bishop of Springfield-Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and named Father J. Vann Johnston Jr., 48, chancellor of the Diocese of Knoxville, Tennessee, to succeed him.
Media Advisory/Photo Opportunity | National Prayer Vigil For Life Opening Mass (08-007)
January 18, 2008
WASHINGTON - Thousands of Catholics from across the country will gather in the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception to pray for an end to abortion at the National Prayer Vigil for Life Opening Mass at 7:00 p.m. on January 21, the eve of the 35th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion.
North American And European Bishops Offer Hope And Prayers For Just Peace In The Holy Land (08-006)
January 17, 2008
WASHINGTON - Bishops from North America and Europe gathered in the Holy Land this past week to demonstrate their solidarity with the local Church and to provide support and encouragement to Israeli and Palestinian leaders for a just peace.
'Forming Disciples And Missionaries Of Jesus Christ,’ Theme For 2008 Collection For The Church In Latin America (08-005)
January 15, 2008
WASHINGTON - Forming Disciples and Missionaries of Jesus Christ is the theme for the 2008 Collection for the Church in Latin America. The Collection will be held in most Catholic parishes throughout the United States on the weekend of January 26-27, although some parishes might take up the Collection on another date.
New Cultural Diversity In The Church Secretariat Formed (08-004)
January 11, 2008
WASHINGTON - With the beginning of the year the U.S. Bishops have established a new Secretariat of Cultural Diversity in the Church. The new secretariat provides staffing to one of the largest standing committees of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, chaired by Archbishop José H. Gomez of San Antonio, TX.
Recent Consultation Between Catholic Bishops, National Council Of Synagogues Considers Worship Texts (08-003)
January 3, 2008
WASHINGTON-Catholic and Jewish leaders recently addressed the ways in which worship texts of one group treat religious beliefs of others.
’From Many, One Family Of God,’ Heralds National Migration Week, January 6-12 (08-002)
January 3, 2008
WASHINGTON - ’From Many, One Family of God’ is the theme for this year’s National Migration Week, sponsored by Migration and Refugee Services of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB/MRS), and to be observed January 6-12.
Pope Accepts Resignation Of Amarillo Bishop John Yanta, Names San Antonio Auxiliary Bishop Patrick Zurek To Succeed Him (08-001)
January 3, 2008
WASHINGTON-Pope Benedict XVI accepted the resignation of Bishop John W. Yanta, 76, as bishop of Amarillo, Texas, and named San Antonio Auxiliary Bishop Patrick J. Zurek, 59, to succeed him.