CNA) – Bishop Shelton Fabre of Houma-Thibodaux, chairman of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism and a native of New Roads, and Archbishop Paul Coakley of Oklahoma City, chairman of the Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, released a statement April 20 after former police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of the 2020 murder of George Floyd.

VATICAN CITY (CNA) -cCardinal Marc Ouellet announced Monday the Vatican will host a theological symposium on the priesthood that will touch on questions raised in recent synods, including priestly celibacy, dwindling vocations, and the role of women in the church. “Insight from Divine Revelation on the priesthood of Christ and the participation of the Church in this priesthood is a crucial question for our time,” Cardinal Ouellet said at a Vatican press conference on April 12.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following the passage of the American Rescue Plan Act in the U.S. House of Representatives on March 10, Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) and the chairmen of six USCCB committees, released a statement. The bishops expressed support for the provisions in the bill that would provide relief to help those in need during the ongoing COVID pandemic but were also critical of the bill’s lack of protections for the unborn.