But there is, both legally and financially, no single entity that is the “US Roman Catholic Church.” Nearly each of the nation’s 17,000 parishes operates as its own nonprofit, and weekly donations help to employ the priest, along with the employees who maintain the parish and its ministries.

U.S. Bishops’ Education Chairman Applauds Bipartisan Legislation Honoring Contributions of Catholic Schools

The official news agency of the U.S. Catholic Bishops celebrates 100 years of publications. See the short YouTube (with subtitles for translation) video of this encounter. Pope calls for dialogue and not division in U.S. Church

At Georgetown panel on US church’s relations with the 2d Catholic POTUS, San Diego’s Bishop McElroy – a figure both close to +Gomez & on Pope’s radar – says USCCB’s Day One slam of Biden over abortion risks “reducing the common good to a single issue.”

WASHINGTON (CNS) — In what may be an all-time high, President Joe Biden has nominated nine Catholics to serve in his Cabinet.