Medical clinic launched in Mexico to support migrants stuck at border
A faith-based organization launched a medical clinic across the U.S.-Mexico border in Ciudad Juárez over the weekend to provide medical support to migrants in need.
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by bcadmin | Nov 1, 2022 | Biden Administration, Bishop Mark Seitz, Church in Mexico, Church in the Americas, HOPE Border Institute, Immigration, lead, Mexico, News, Title 42, U.S.-Mexico border | 0 |
A faith-based organization launched a medical clinic across the U.S.-Mexico border in Ciudad Juárez over the weekend to provide medical support to migrants in need.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 12, 2022 | Biden Administration, Bishop Mario Dorsonville, Bishop Mark Seitz, Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Church in the US, Immigration, lead, News, Title 42, USCCB | 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.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 29, 2021 | Bishop Mark Seitz, Central America, children, Church in the US, Immigration, lead, News, Rio Grande Valley, Sister Norma Pimentel, U.S.-Mexico border | 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.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 26, 2021 | Asylum seekers, Bishop Mario Dorsonville, Bishop Mark Seitz, Central America, Church in the US, HOPE Border Institute, Immigration, Kamala Harris, lead, News | 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.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 25, 2021 | Asylum, Asylum seekers, Bishop Mark Seitz, diocese of El Paso, Immigration, News, News Briefs, Vice President Kamala Harris | 0 |
Washington D.C., Jun 25, 2021 / 15:31 pm The bishop of El Paso said the Church must work with the administration on issues that overlap, after attending an immigration roundtable with the vice president on […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 25, 2021 | Bishop Mark Seitz, Border visit, Featured, Kamala Harris, News, U.S. & World News | 0 |
Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso, Texas, asked Vice President Kamala Harris June 25 to engage with the faith community as partners on a path to bring relief and a compassionate solution to immigration issues in the Americas and to “hear the voices” of those turned away at the border.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 9, 2021 | Bishop Mark Seitz, Bishop Robert McElroy, Church in the US, HOPE Border Institute, lead, News, President Joe Biden, Refugees, U.S.-Mexico border | 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.
Read Moreby 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 | 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 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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