USCCB Plenary focuses on Covid-19, racism, and clerical abuse vaticannews.va

At their 2020 Fall Plenary Assembly, which met 16-17 November in a virtual format, the U.S. Bishops focused on racism; the challenges and opportunities for evangelization presented by the COVID-19 pandemic; and the Vatican’s recently released report on former cardinal Theodore McCarrick.

In his opening address as President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) on Monday, Los Angeles Archbishop José H. Gomez called on his fellow bishops to spread the Gospel of Jesus to help people move on through the crisis, following “the courageous example” of Blessed Michael McGivney, founder of the Knights of Columbus, who was beatified on October 31. “This is far more than a public health emergency,” he stressed…

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