{"id":24,"date":"2024-08-13T21:44:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-13T21:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocmr.myocci.org\/?page_id=24"},"modified":"2025-08-15T05:21:54","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T05:21:54","slug":"press-releases","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ocmr.myocci.org\/?page_id=24","title":{"rendered":"Press Releases"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2025<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>August 14, 2025 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/myocci.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Microsoft-Word-Homelessness-and-National-Guard-2025081401.pdf\">Statement on Homelessness<\/a> &#8211; Statement on the treatment of the homeless and the use of National Guard troops for domestic law enforcement in violation of the US Constitution. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>July 28, 2025 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/ocmr.myocci.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/Fact-Sheet-2025072801.pdf\">Statement on scams targeting churches<\/a> &#8211; A scam that is targeting churches involving fake governmental grants. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>May 23, 2025 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/ocmr.myocci.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/OCCI-Bishop-Elect-Castro-05232025-V1.pdf\">Statement on the election of Bishop-Elect David Castro to the episcopacy<\/a> &#8211; Bishop-Elect David Castro is the Bishop-Elect of the Bishopric of Latin America. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>May 8, 2025 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/ocmr.myocci.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/OCCI-Statement-Pope-Leo-XIV-election-05082025-V1.png\">Statement on the election of the Roman Catholic Pope Leo XIV<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>April 21, 2025 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/ocmr.myocci.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/OCCI-Statement-Pope-Francis-Death-04212025-V1.pdf\">Statement on the Death of Pope Francis<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2024<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>January 24, 2024 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/ocmr.myocci.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/OCCI-Statement-on-Alabama-Execution-V2.pdf\">Statement on Alabama Execution<\/a> &#8211; Statement on Alabama&#8217;s first execution of a prisoner using the horrible act of suffocation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2017<\/h2>\n\n\n<ul class=\"display-posts-listing\"><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/ocmr.myocci.org\/?p=26\">Statement on Syria<\/a> <span class=\"date\">April 8, 2017<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">A Statement from the Old Catholic Churches International concerning recent events in Syria: The images of the innocent Syrian men, women, and children killed and injured by their own government in a chemical attack rocked many of us to our core. We can all agree that such an attack is morally wrong and indefensible. However,&hellip; <a class=\"excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/ocmr.myocci.org\/?p=26\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/ocmr.myocci.org\/?p=28\">Statement on Transgendered rights and freedom of the press<\/a> <span class=\"date\">February 26, 2017<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Sisters and Brothers, This week we have watched as two major groups within society have been attacked. The first attack was the removal of protections of Transgendered individuals, and the second was the attack on the First Amendment of our Constitution when mainstream news outlets were barred from White House Press Briefings. Both of these&hellip; <a class=\"excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/ocmr.myocci.org\/?p=28\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/ocmr.myocci.org\/?p=36\">Statement on the Syrian Refugee Crisis<\/a> <span class=\"date\">November 21, 2015<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">The statement below is from the College of Bishops and Vicars of the International Old Catholic Churches. Please take a moment to read it and pass it on. OPB Syria November 2015 Letter v3 <a class=\"excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/ocmr.myocci.org\/?p=36\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2025 2024 2017<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-24","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocmr.myocci.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocmr.myocci.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocmr.myocci.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocmr.myocci.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocmr.myocci.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/ocmr.myocci.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57,"href":"https:\/\/ocmr.myocci.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24\/revisions\/57"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocmr.myocci.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}