USCCB - (Office of Media Relations) - May 1997 Press Release Archives

May 1997 Press Release Archives

FCC Ruling Will Help Close Great Digital Divide Say Catholic School Leaders (97-095)
May 7, 1997
A ruling by the Federal Communications Commission today providing deep discounts for telecommunications services to schools and libraries is the answer to a prayer -- and many hours of negotiation -- according to two national Catholic educational leaders.
NCCB Official Returns to Alma Mater to Receive Honorary Doctorate (97-098)
May 9, 1997
Father James Ronan, Executive Director of the Bishops' Secretariat for the Church in Latin America, will return to his alma mater this weekend to receive an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters.
Catholic Bishops' Ads on Partial-birth Abortion Focus on Absurdity of Contemporary Abortion Debate (97-096)
May 9, 1997
The National Conference of Catholic Bishops is sponsoring a national print ad on Partial Birth Abortion that draws attention to the absurdity of the fact that a debate continues over whether to allow this brutal and unnecessary abortion method to continue.
NCCB Ecumenical Official to Receive Honorary Doctorate (97-099)
May 12, 1997
Father John F. Hotchkin, executive director of the Secretariat for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops (NCCB), will receive an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the Catholic University of America.
Cardinal Urges Senate to Ban Partial-birth Abortion Procedure (97-101)
May 13, 1997
Cardinal Bernard Law has urged the Senate to ban "the inhumane partial-birth abortion procedure" and to oppose substitute proposals and weakening amendments.
NCCB and Polish National Catholic Church Discuss Some Issues (97-102)
May 15, 1997
The spring meeting of the on-going dialogue between the National Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Polish National Catholic Church took place in West Paterson, New Jersey, May 6-7.
NCCB and Polish National Catholic Church Discuss Some Issues (97-102)
May 15, 1997
The spring meeting of the on-going dialogue between the National Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Polish National Catholic Church took place in West Paterson, New Jersey, May 6-7.
Archbishop Issues Statement on the Former Zaire; Makes Plea for Refugees from Rwanda (97-106)
May 20, 1997
Following the overthrow of the Mobutu regime by the rebel army in Zaire, Archbishop Theodore E. McCarrick has called for international attention to be focused on the perilous situation in Africa's Great Lakes region.
NCCB Official Comments on Vote on Partial-Birth Abortion Ban (97-108)
May 20, 1997
Helen Alvare of the Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities, National Conference of Catholic Bishops, issued the following statement after the Senate voted today to ban partial-birth abortion. The Senate vote was 64-36, three votes short of the two-thirds majority needed to override an expected veto by President Clinton.
Catholic Bishops Oppose Renewing MFN for China (97-109)
May 21, 1997
An official of the United States Catholic Conference (USCC) declared at a news conference here that the Catholic Bishops oppose renewal of most favored nation status for China because "it is the best available means to send a clear signal to the Chinese government that the United States will not ignore pervasive violations of religious liberty, human dignity and the rights of workers."
Campaign for Human Development Awards $169,150 In First Round of Welfare Reform Initiative (97-110)
May 23, 1997
The Campaign for Human Development (CHD), the Catholic Church's domestic anti- poverty program, is distributing $169,150 in matching grants to low-income groups and coalitions working together to positively affect the implementation of federal welfare reform laws at the state and local level.
Subcommittee Named to Study Observation of Ex Corde Ecclesiae (97-112)
May 27, 1997
Bishop Anthony M. Pilla, president of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, has appointed a Subcommittee to review several observations received from the Holy See on the text sent to it by the U.S. bishops implementing Ex Corde Ecclesiae for this country. Ex Corde Ecclesiae is Pope John Paul II's apostolic constitution on Catholic higher education