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Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Every New Year brings us an opportunity to focus anew on our priorities and try to make things better for all of us! As we begin 2021, we cannot help but reflect on how difficult 2020 was for so many in our world, nation and our Church. The pandemic has greatly impacted everyone and has resulted in people losing their jobs, losing loved ones and some losing their way....

Statement of Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, C.Ss.R., on the Inauguration of President Joe Biden: On the day of his inauguration, I congratulate President Joseph R. Biden and draw inspiration from his words, “With purpose and resolve, we turn to those tasks of our time, sustained by faith, driven by conviction, and devoted to one another and the country we love with all hearts.” The people of the Archdiocese of Newark join all Americans in working together for the good of our country and world.

The expression “culture warrior” is used in contemporary conversation, even in some Catholic circles, to describe people who fight for those causes that run counter to prevailing cultural values and preferences, chief among those causes, the protection of human life in all its stages, from conception to natural death.

Two days after the 9/11 New York City attack on our country I accompanied the pastor of the Parish of Saint Peter and his associate to the Church located a half block from the World Trade Center.... Read Bishop Sullivan's full statement on the violence that occurred in Washington DC on Wednesday January 6, 2021.

As I watched the appalling chaos in the U.S. Capitol yesterday, I witnessed an icon of democracy occupied and hostage to mob rule. The procession of violent images was deeply troubling. Particularly disheartening is that this event unfolded amid a deadly pandemic, a terrible plague that our troubled nation should face in solidarity...

WASHINGTON —Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), issued the following statement in response to today’s violence in the United States Capitol: “I join people of good will in condemning the violence today at the United States Capitol. This is not who we are as Americans. I am praying for members of Congress and Capitol staff and for the police and all those working to restore order and public safety.

Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M., has asked the faithful of the Diocese of Trenton to join him in praying for an end to violence.

The Catholic Bishops of New Jersey, ask all Catholics and people of good will across the state to join us in a Day of Prayer and Fasting for an end to abortion on Friday January 22, 2021, the 48th anniversary of Roe vs. Wade.