Action Item #01
2017-20 Strategic Plan Priorities
Do the members approve the Strategic Priorities for the 2017-20 USCCB Strategic Plan?
Vote: Majority of Members Present andVoting
Result: Passed (Yes=233, No=4)
Action Item #02
Approval of the 2016 Budget
Do the members accept the recommendation of the Committee on Budget and Finance for approval of the 2016 Proposed Budgets?
Vote: Majority of Members Present and Voting
Result (Voice Vote) Approved
Action Item #03
Diocesan Assessment for 2017
Do the diocesan and eparchial bishops accept the recommendation of the Committee on Budget and Finance for approval of a 3% increase in the diocesan assessment for 2017?
Vote: Two-thirds of diocesan and eparchial bishops and their equivalents in law
Result: Inconclusive (Yes=123 , No=49 )
Action Item #04
Excerpts from the Roman Missal: Book for Use at the Chair
Do the Latin Church members approve the liturgical book Excerpts from the Roman Missal: Book for Use at the Chair for use in the dioceses of the United States?
Vote: Two-thirds of
Latin Church members with subsequent recognitio
by the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
Result: Passed (Yes=187 , No=27 , Abstain=3)
Action Item #05
Proposed Formal Statement on Pornography: "Create in Me a Clean Heart"
Do the members approve the proposed draft, "Create in Me a Clean Heart: A Pastoral Response to Pornography", to be issued as a formal statement by this body?
Vote: Two-thirds of the Conference membership
Result: Passed (Yes=230, No=4, Abstain=1)
Action Item #06
Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship
Question #1:
Do the members approve the new introductory note to Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship?
Vote: Two-thirds of the Conference membership
Result: Passed (Yes=217, No=16, Abstain=2)
Question #2:
Do the members approve the limited revision of the 2007 document Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship?
Vote: Two-thirds of the Conference membership
Result: Passed (Yes=210, No=21, Abstain=5)
Action Item #07
Do the diocesan and eparchial bishops approve a one-time national collection to fund the completion of the Central Dome of the Upper Church of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception?Vote: Two-thirds of diocesan and eparchial bishops and their equivalents in law
Result: Passed (Yes=135 , No=31 , Abstain=4)
Cause for Canonization of Fr. Aloysius Ellacuria, CMF
Vote: (Voice) Passed
Cause for Canonization of Rev. William E. Atkinson, OSA
Vote: (Voice) Passed
Cause for Canonization of Antonia Cuipa and 81 Companions
Vote: (Voice) Passed