USCCB committee chairman reacts to President Trump’s comments on Somalis
December 09, 2025
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CWN Editor's Note: Reacting to “recent statements regarding the Somali community in the United States,” the chairman of the US bishops’ Subcommittee for the Promotion of Racial Justice and Reconciliation said that “each child of God has value and dignity,” and that “language that denigrates a person or community based on his or her ethnicity or country of origin is incompatible with this truth.”
“I call on all—public officials, community leaders and individuals—to refrain from denigrating and dehumanizing language,” said Bishop Daniel Garcia of Austin, whose statement followed comments on Somalis by President Donald Trump.
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Dec. 09, 2025 8:47 AM ET USA
If the members of the USCCB wish to voice frequently their opinions on Trump, they need to take better care to sound as Catholic Bishops rather than politicians of Trump's opposition. They need to be fair to acknowledge publically and include praises for Trump's significant pro-life, pro-Christian, and pro-American initiatives. Too many one-sided comments from the Bishops' Conference will sound insincere and political. And, in the end, will be ineffective.
