The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops posted a “special message” in November denouncing “indiscriminate mass deportation of people” and other immigration policies being carried out by the Trump administration. The conference’s newly elected president, Archbishop Paul Coakley, told Margaret Brennan that he hasn’t spoken with the president or vice president, but if he does, “undoubtedly, the question of immigration is going to come up.” “I think we have opportunities to work together,”

“We as Catholic bishops love our country and pray for its peace and prosperity. For this very reason, we feel compelled now in this environment to raise our voices in defense of God-given human dignity.” On November 12, 2025 and for the first time in 12 years the U.S. bishops issued a Special Message addressing their concern for the evolving situation impacting immigrants in the United States. Collectively the bishops have invoked this particularly urgent way of speaking as a body of bishops. Re