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Category: Bishop Mark Seitz

US bishops cheered by one migration ruling, dismayed by another

by | Mar 12, 2022 | , , , , , , , , , | 0 |

The current and incoming USCCB migration chair expressed cautious optimism over a March 4 court decision that mandates migrants can’t be expelled to places where they’ll be persecuted, but were taken aback by a dueling decision later that day.

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Priest says detained migrant children ‘hungry’ for faith

by | Jun 29, 2021 | , , , , , , , , , | 0 |

For the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Father Franciscus Asisi Eka Yuantoro was welcomed earlier this month into a government facility for unaccompanied minors in Donna, Texas, to celebrate Mass, which he called a “blessing.”

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At border, bishop urges VP to see ‘foreboding walls of steel’

by | Jun 26, 2021 | , , , , , , , , , | 0 |

On Vice President Kamala Harris’ first trip to the Southern border, Bishop Mark Seitz of El Paso emphasized to her the importance of seeing first-hand the border and the countries migrants are fleeing to properly address the burgeoning immigration crisis.

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Catholic immigration advocates say ‘Christian response’ needed at border

by | Apr 9, 2021 | , , , , , , , , | 0 |

While democrat leaders continue to point the finger at the previous administration for present challenges at the U.S.-Mexico border, and republican leaders similarly highlight the shortcomings of the current administration, one U.S. Bishop says enough is enough.

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Asylum at the border is ‘effectively over,’ El Paso bishop says

by | Jun 26, 2020 | , , , , , | 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.

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