In 2025, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops stated that it opposes indiscriminate mass deportation and called for an end to dehumanizing rhetoric and violence directed at immigrants and at law enforcement.
November 18, 2025
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temporal
Official position of the U.S. bishops' conference on deportation and rhetoric/violence related to immigration.
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has frequently been at odds with the Vatican's inclusive, modernizing approach associated with Pope Francis.
November 11, 2025
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descriptive
Characterizes institutional tensions between the U.S. bishops' conference and the papal approach of Pope Francis.
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' 2023 doctrinal note titled "Moral Limits to the Technological Manipulation of the Human Body" states that Catholic health care services must not perform surgical or chemical interventions intended to transform a human body's sexual characteristics into those of the opposite sex or participate in developing such procedures.
January 01, 2023
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temporal
Formal doctrinal guidance from the U.S. bishops on permissible medical interventions relating to sex characteristics.
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops opposes indiscriminate mass deportation, expresses concern about the vilification of immigrants and a climate of fear and anxiety around profiling and immigration enforcement, and raises concern about conditions in immigration detention centers and lack of access to pastoral care.
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declarative
Formal organizational positions taken by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops regarding immigration enforcement and pastoral care.