US bishops signal closer ties to Pope Leo — while nudging Trump on immigration
Oklahoma City Archbishop Paul Coakley, the new president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, addresses the USCCB meeting Wednesday, June 10, 2026, in Orlando, Fla. (Video screen grab)
(RNS) — Archbishop Paul Coakley’s repeated citations of the first U.S.-born pope may signal a closer relationship between the Vatican and U.S. church, though the meeting’s public agenda does not include any sessions dedicated to artificial intelligence or Leo’s first encyclical, ‘Magnifica Humanitas.’
