Statement on Immigration Reform by the California Catholic Conference of Bishops

on 01 May 2013. California Bishops Statements

The Most Rev. Gerald Wilkerson, auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and president of the California Catholic Conference, released the following statement today in recognition of the historic introduction of immigration reform legislation in the US Senate and rallies taking place throughout California in support of immigration reform:

The California Catholic Conference of Bishops, in solidarity with all the bishops of the nation, applauds the introduction of U.S. Senate bipartisan legislation to reform the broken U.S. immigration system.

Throughout our dioceses, as pastors called by the Good Shepherd to care for those in need, we are sharing our own immigration stories and teaching the principles found in our Catholic Social Teaching.

For many years we have advocated for comprehensive reform of the nation’s immigration laws. Our country has a right and responsibility to protect its borders, and effective immigration laws are part of that enforcement.

Bishops' statements on the election of Pope Francis

on 14 March 2013. California Bishops Statements

Archbishop Jose Gomez, Archdiocese of Los Angeles – English Español

Archbishop Salvatore J.Cordileone, Archdiocese of San Francisco http://www.sfarchdiocese.org/about-us/news/2013/Statement-of-Archbishop-Salvatore-J.-Cordileone-on-the-election-of-Pope-Francis-3600/

Archbishop Bishop Alex J. Brunett, Diocese of Oakland

Bishop Patrick McGrath, Diocese of San Jose http://www.dsj.org/about-us/bishops/bishops-statements/habemus-papam

Bishop Armando X. Ochoa, Diocese of Fresno http://knxt.tv/Pope_francis/news_conference.html

Bishop Jaime Soto, Diocese of Sacramento http://www.diocese-sacramento.org/PDFs/BPSotostatementonpope.pdf

Bishop Gerald Barnes, Diocese of San Bernardino http://www.sbdiocese.org/NewsMedia/BishopStatements/2013_0313_popefrancis.pdf

Bishop Kevin W. Vann, Diocese of Orange http://blog.ocbishop.org/index.php/the-election-of-pope-francis/

Bishop Richard Garcia, Diocese of Monterey http://www.dioceseofmonterey.org/index.php?option=com_content&;view=article&id=534:statement-on-the-election-of-pope-francis-&catid=3:from-the-bishop&Itemid=96

In Search of the Common Good

on 18 November 2011. California Bishops Statements

A Moral Framework for Addressing California's Budget Crisis by the California Catholic Conference

(En Español) For five consecutive years California has stood on the edge of a budgetary abyss. The state’s credit rating has been seriously eroded. Severe cuts have been made in key social programs with profound implications for the dignity of the human person and the nature of our social compact. Decades of disparate policy in the areas of tax, expenditure and pension structures have created ever-increasing dilemmas with no short-term solution.

The Gospel of Life and Capital Punishment

. California Bishops Statements

A Reflection Piece and Study Guide
Statement of the California Catholic Conference of Bishops
July 1999

Introduction

Having adopted the U. S. Bishops' statement, The Good Friday Appeal to End the Death Penalty, we wish to put forth this document for pastors, preachers, and teachers to be used in preparation to disseminate the Church's teaching on the death penalty.

A critical hallmark of the Roman Catholic moral tradition is found in its insistence that the first right of the human person is the right to life. It does not belong to society, nor does it belong to public authority in any form, to recognize this right for some and not for others.[1]

A Statement of the Catholic Bishops of California in Support of Proposition 8

. California Bishops Statements

A Statement of the Catholic Bishops of California

in support of Proposition 8:

A Constitutional Amendment to Restore the Definition of Marriage

August 1, 2008

“Only the rock of complete and irrevocable love between man and woman is capable of acting as a foundation for a society that can be home to all human beings.”
—Pope Benedict XVI, addressing the John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and the Family, May 11, 2006

The issue before us with Proposition 8 is “marriage”—an ancient, yet modern, human institution which pre-exists both Church and government. Marriage, history shows us, is intrinsic to stable, flourishing and hospitable societies. Although cultural differences have occurred, what has never changed is that marriage is the ideal relationship between a man and a woman for the purpose of procreation and the continuation of the human race.