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Each election cycle, the FCCB conducts the Candidate Questionnaire Project to assist Catholics and the broader community with the obligation to become active citizens and informed voters. Knowing where the candidates stand on matters concerning human life and dignity and the advancement of the common good is essential to responsible faithful citizenship.

Florida's bishops have joined the call for changes to the Better Care Reconciliation Act. While valuing the bill's limits on abortion, Bishop Frank Dewane of the Diocese of Venice said, "It is precisely the detrimental impact on the poor and vulnerable that makes the Senate draft unacceptable as written."

The United States imports 80-90% of its seafood, and tens of thousands of people are exploited at every link in the seafood harvesting and production chain. This Lent, we ask you to fill out this short, five-question survey. CCOAHT will use the data from this survey when it reaches out to seafood companies to request that they include a label on their packaged products. Help us to end human trafficking! [Read more]

Mourning the millions of lives lost to abortion since the January 22, 1973, U.S. Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade, the bishops of Florida remain committed to the promotion of public policies that defend the sanctity of life. [Read more]

Have you heard that the U.S. Catholic bishops are asking us to pray for life from January 21-29, a special period of prayer, penance and pilgrimage? To find out more about 9 Days For Life or to join in the novena, read more here. [Read more]

The diocesan grant process for the 2017 March For Life Grant is now open through September 30, 2016. The grant is being made available to help groups from a Catholic parish, Catholic organization or Catholic school offset the cost of attending the 2017 March for Life in Washington D.C. [Read More]

The right to vote carries with it a responsibility to study and know the candidates. Check out these materials provided by the Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops as you think and pray through who will receive your vote in the upcoming primary elections.