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The chairmen of six U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops committees who wrote to all members of Congress Feb. 3, 2021, urging passage of an additional COVID-19 relief package. Pictured from top-left are Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City, Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development; Bishop Shelton J. Fabre of Houma-Thibodaux, La., Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism; Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann of Kansas City, Kan., Committee on Pro-Life Activities; Auxiliary Bishop Mario E. Dorsonville of Washington, Committee on Migration; Bishop Michael C.
WASHINGTON (CNS) Six U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ committee chairmen urged each member of Congress to support much-needed pandemic relief legislation that promotes “the dignity and value of all human life” and protects “poor and vulnerable people who are most at risk.”
The Tablet February 2, 2021
A jail cell is seen in 2010 at the federal penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas. Under an executive order issued by President Joe Biden Jan. 26, 2021, the U.S. Department of Justice will not renew contracts with private prisons. (Photo: CNS/Jenevieve Robbins, Texas Dept of Criminal Justice handout via Reuters)
WASHINGTON (CNS) The chairmen of two U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ committees welcomed recent executive actions by President Joe Biden to address racial equity in housing and the use of private prisons by the federal government.
The orders will reduce discrimination in federal policies, Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City, head of the Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, and Bishop Shelton J. Fabre of Houma-Thibodaux, Louisiana, head of the Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism, said in a Feb. 1 statement.
A jail cell is seen in 2010 at the federal penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas. Under an executive order issued by President Joe Biden Jan. 26, 2021, the U.S. Department of Justice will not renew contracts with private prisons. (CNS photo/Jenevieve Robbins, Texas Dept of Criminal Justice handout via Reuters)
WASHINGTON The chairmen of two U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops committees welcomed recent executive actions by President Joe Biden to address racial equity in housing and the use of private prisons by the federal government.
The orders will reduce discrimination in federal policies, Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City, head of the Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, and Bishop Shelton J. Fabre of Houma-Thibodaux, Louisiana, head of the Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism, said in a Feb. 1 statement.