Catholic Conference of Kentucky

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2010

• Kentucky Catholic Bishops Announce New Executive Director of Catholic Conference of Kentucky (Dec. 10)

2009

• Catholic Conference of Kentucky Urges Legislature and Governor to Enact 36% Cap on Payday Loan Interest Rates (Dec. 7)
• Catholic Conference of Kentucky Appeals to Governor Not to Sign Death Warrants (Nov. 23)
• Catholic Conference of Kentucky Calls for Tax Reform, Securing the Safety Net of Services Protecting Vulnerable Persons and accompanying statement by coalitions partners, Groups Looking for Leadership to Fix Kentucky Revenue System (May 28)
• Kentucky Catholic Bishops Announce New Director of Catholic Conference of Kentucky (Jan. 8 )

2008

• Kentucky’s Catholic Bishops Urge Governor to Stop Marco Chapman’s Execution (Nov. 21)

2007

• Kentucky and West Virginia Bishops Urge Dialogue and Resolution of Hospital Strike (Dec. 20)
• Catholic Conference of KY Commends Commutation of Death Sentence that Advances a Culture of Life (Dec. 11)
• The Bishops of Kentucky Applaud the 5-4 Decision of the U.S. Supreme Court Today Upholding
  the National Partial Birth Abortion Ban (April 18)

2006

• Catholic Conference of KY Calls for Comprehensive Immigration Reform (Sept. 6)
• KY Bishops ask that immigrants, both legal and undocumented, be seen as the image God (Aug. 29)
• Kentucky Bishops urge continued U. S. pressure to stop the genocide in Sudan (July 11)
• Kentucky Bishops Urge a Reduction in Tobacco Use among Kentuckians
  Especially Children and Pregnant Women (for more information about this Faith United Campaign visit the Tobacco Free Kids website) (May 31)
• Catholic Bishops of Kentucky Ask U.S. Senators to Support Immigration Reform that is Just (Read the letters to Sens. McConnell and Bunning) (March 10)

2005

• Catholic Bishops Urge Governor to use surplus money for Medicaid (Dec. 8 )
• KY Catholic Bishops urge commitment to provide basic health care for all Kentuckians (Dec. 7)

2004

• KY Bishops Saddened by Signing of Death Warrant (Nov. 9)
• Kentucky Bishops Urge Governor To Promote A Culture Of Life And Commute Bowling’s Sentence (Oct. 18)
• Catholic Conference Welcomes Kentucky Supreme Court Decision Regarding End-of-Life Decisions (Aug. 26)
• Bishops Endorse Senate Bill 245 Conditionally (March 25)
• Bishops Urge Legislature To Move Tax Discussions to Special Session (Letter to House and Senate leadership with copies for the Governor) (March 13)

2003

• Kentucky’s Bishops Release Responses to Gubernatorial Questionnaire (Oct. 14)
• Bishops Join in Call to Reduce Poverty in U.S. (July 24)
• CCK Mourns Loss of Executive Director, Vincent E. Senior (June 26)
• CCK Praise Governor Patton’s Decision to Commute Death Sentence and Offer Prayer for Victim’s Family (June 19)
• Kentucky’s Bishops Join with Homeless and Housing Advocates to Restore Funding to the Affordable Housing Trust Fund (Feb. 27)
• CCK denounces passage of House Bill authorizing human cloning for experimentation (Feb. 20)
• CCK Announces Opposition to Assault on Religious Liberty (Jan. 7)

2002

• CCK issues statement for prayer service to raising public awareness of destructive nature of Mountain Top Removal (Dec. 10)
• CCK calls on Governor Patton to commute death sentence for Kevin Stanford (Oct. 22)
• CCK applauds Whitley County jury’s decision to acquit Larry Osborne in death penalty case (Aug. 2)
• Vincent E. Senior named CCK Executive Director (July 15)
• CCK hails U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Atkins v. Virginia ending death for mentally retarded persons (June 20)
• CCK charges that Department of Transportation’s policy is discriminatory (May 30)
• Kentucky Bishops Praise Department of Labor and Secretary Elaine Chao for $10 million settlement for Perdue Farms, Inc., poultry workers (May 13)
• CCK clarifies its position on Charitable Gaming and immediately opposes the portion of House Bill 743 (April 5)

2001

• Bishops Ask Department of Labor Secretary Elaine Chao to Support State’s Poultry Workers (June 28)
• Kentucky’s Bishops Oppose Executions, Even for McVeigh (June 8 )
• Kentucky Catholic Bishops Join in National Call to Protect Poultry Workers’ Rights (May 24)
• Catholic Conference Applauds Supreme Court Decision in Death Row Case (April 27)
• CCK Joins Mental Health Experts Urging KY’s Supreme Court to Grant New Trial for Death Row Inmate (April 18)
• CCK Issues Statement on Kentucky’s Medicaid Budget Crisis (March 7)
• Kentucky’s Roman Catholic Bishops Mark 28th Year of Roe v. Wade Decision (Jan. 22)
• Grassroots Coalition Supports Governor’s Call for Overhaul of State Tax Code (Jan. 3)

2000

• Bishops Support Renewed Efforts to Repeal Death Penalty in 2001 General Assembly (Dec. 28)
• Bishops Praise Decision in Informed Consent Case (Dec. 21)
• CCK joins with 23 other public advocacy groups in support of Governor’s Revenue Recover Plan (Feb. 21)
• CCK testifies in support of abolition of capital punishment (Feb. 17)
• CCK brings Catholic witness to the internet (Feb. 1)
• Legislator files bill to end Capital Punishment (Jan. 28)
• Refundable Earned Income Tax Credit (Jan. 18)