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by bcadmin | Nov 7, 2022 | Bishop Mark J. Seitz, diocese of El Paso, El Paso, News, Texas-Mexican border, U.S.-Mexico border | 0 |
From an altar set on a platform just above the waters that straddle the U.S. and Mexico, Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso, Texas, celebrated a Mass Nov. 5 to remember migrants who’ve died trying to cross the waters below or along the border in 2022.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 5, 2022 | Asylum seekers, Biden Administration, Border Patrol, Border Patrol agents, Catholic groups, Catholic Legal Immigration Network Inc, CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CLINIC, COVID-19, Dylan Corbett, El Paso, HOPE Border Institute, Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns, News, Susan Gunn, Texas, Title 42, Title 42 expulsions, U.S. & World News, U.S. Customs and Border Protection | 0 |
Catholic groups welcomed an announcement by the Biden administration confirming the May 23 end of a public health measure put in place at the start of the coronavirus pandemic that has kept asylum-seekers out.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 4, 2021 | Catholic Charities, COVID-19, Department of Justice, diocese of Brownsville, El Paso, Facebook Live, Featured, Federal judge, Gov. Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas, Judge Kathleen Cardone, Missionaries of Jesus, News, Rio Grande Valley, Sister Normal Pimentel, U.S. & World News | 0 |
A federal judge Aug. 3 temporarily blocked an order issued by the governor of Texas to halt transportation of migrants by anyone other than local or federal authorities following an incident involving a Catholic nonprofit.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 2, 2021 | Biden, Biden Administration, Brownsville, Brownsville Diocese, Catholic Charities, Catholic Charities RGV, El Paso, Facebook Live, Featured, Federal District Court, Gov. Greg Abbott, Greg Abbott, Lawsuit, News, Rio Grande Valley, Sister Pimentel, Texas, U.S. & World News | 0 |
The Biden administration filed a lawsuit July 30 against the state of Texas, trying to stop enforcement of an order aimed at migrants that it calls “dangerous and unlawful.”
Read More CNA Staff, Apr 12, 2021 / 11:11 am America/Denver (CNA).
A Catholic priest of the diocese of El Paso who went missing last week has been found safe. The diocese reported Fat….
by bcadmin | Mar 5, 2021 | Bishop Mark Seitz, Catholic parishes, El Paso, Greg Abbott, Mask mandate, Masks, News, Pandemic restrictions, Texas, U.S. & World News | 0 |
Many Catholic parishes in Texas will continue to ask parishioners to wear face masks and will limit capacity for Masses even though the state’s governor, Greg Abbott, announced March 2 these pandemic restrictions would be lifted the following week.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 8, 2020 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, diocese of El Paso, El Paso, mass shooting, News, Racism, Texas | 0 |
The people of El Paso, Texas, did the best they could, under extraordinary circumstances, to remember the 23 lives taken after the bloody event that summer day a year ago.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 4, 2020 | Bishop Mark J. Seitz, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, diocese of El Paso, El Paso, Hispanics, mass shooting, News, Racism | 0 |
Bishop Mark Seitz of El Paso announced the formation of a commission to examine ways that may lead to the eradication of the hate that prompted the attack taking the lives of the 23 El Pasoans and wounding another 25 victims.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 27, 2020 | Asylum, Asylum seekers, Bishop Mark J. Seitz, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, El Paso, immigration laws, immigration reform, News, Texas-Mexican border, Trump administration, U.S.-Mexico border | 0 |
After visiting a group of pregnant migrant women on the Mexico side of the border, Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso, Texas, issued strong words June 25 about the Trump administration’s “Remain in Mexico” program and other restrictive immigration measures, saying that turning away those seeking asylum in the U.S. amounts to sending them to their death.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 26, 2020 | Asylum, Bishop Mark Seitz, El Paso, News, Texas, U.S. & World News | 0 |
After visiting a group of pregnant migrant women on the Mexico side of the border, Bishop Mark Seitz of El Paso, Texas issued strong words June 25 about the Trump administration’s “Remain in Mexico” program and other restrictive immigration measures, saying that turning away those seek asylum in the U.S. amounts to sending them to their death.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 14, 2020 | Associated Press, Catholic Church, Chaplains, Church in the US, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, diocese of El Paso, El Paso, News, second | 0 |
EL PASO, Texas — Father Michael Lewis peered through the glass walls of the ICU, clutching his prayer book. “It’s COVID-19,” said the nurse on duty at University Medical Center. “You really shouldn’t go in there.” He paused. It was the early days of the pandemic that has robbed the
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 4, 2020 | Bishop Mark Seitz, El Paso, Featured, George Floyd, News, Taking a knee, Texas, U.S. & World News | 0 |
It’s called “taking a knee,” and many professional athletes around the country have made the gesture publicly to protest police brutality.
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