US bishops: We must recommit ourselves to our democracy Catholic bishops unanimously condemn violence on U.S. Capitol that left four people dead and scores injured Rioters clash with police as they enter U.S. Capitol building through the front doors in an attempt to overthrow the results of the 2020 election. (Photo by Lev Radin/Pacific Press via ZUMA Wire/ MaxPPP) U.S. Catholic bishops, while unanimously condemning the storming of the Capitol in Washington, are calling for peace and an orderly transfer of power between President Donald Trump and the newly elected Joe Biden. "I join people of good will in condemning the violence today at the United States Capitol. This is not who we are as Americans," Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) said in a statement.