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Amid policy debate, US bishops hear from migrants at the border
Seeking to hear the stories of migrants and how they have been affected by U.S. detention policy, a delegation of Catholic bishops is visiting the U.S.-Mexico border this week.
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Bishops get closer look at immigration
Bishops from across the country — including the president and vice president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops — gathered in the Rio Grande Valley on Sunday and Monday to see firsthand the experience of children and parents who have recently migrated to the United States.
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Keep immigrant families together, bishops plead at border
Immigration reform requires seeing the faces of immigrants, and hearing their stories, according to five U.S. bishops who have completed a two-day pastoral visit to the U.S. border with Mexico in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley.
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ARCHBISHOP GOMEZ CALLS FOR ‘COURAGE TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT’ DURING VISIT TO TEXAS BORDER
–Delegation of Catholic Bishops to hold press conference at 6PM CDT Today– Archbishop José H. Gomez today reflected on his visit to the US southern …
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US Bishops: ‘No villains’ in immigration crisis
A team of 6 US Bishops spent two days visiting personnel and structures providing services to migrants entering the US on its border with Mexico. On Monday they paid a visit to Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley’s Humanitarian Respite Center. The next day they visited Casa Padre Center, a government-run resettlement center for children. There they met with approximately 250 children, toured the facility and celebrated Mass with them. Later they visited a facility where migrants are processed.
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ARCHBISHOP GOMEZ TO LEAD 140 PILIGRIMS TO THE SHRINE OF OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE IN MEXICO CITY
Archbishop to Present Hundreds of Prayers from Faithful Across Southern California collected at Masses Celebrating the Inaugural Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church Feast and …
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Gomez: ‘No more excuses’ for Congress’ failure to fix immigration system
Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles called on Congress to “fix our broken immigration system” in his homily during the archdiocese’s annual “Mass in Recognition of All Immigrants” June 24.
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ARCHBISHOP GOMEZ CALLS FOR AN END TO EXCUSES ON IMMIGRATION; ‘NO MORE MAÑANAS’
–Archbishop Gomez urges support for USA Act, compromise legislation to protect Dreamers– Archbishop José H. Gomez renewed his call for support of the USA Act …
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Catholic Church to support immigrants in pilgrimage special mass
The Archbishop of Los Angeles will lead a special “Mass in Recognition of All Immigrants” at the Los Angeles cathedral on Sunday, June 24 as nearly 100 separated migrant kids were estimated to be in Southern California .
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Faithful turn to God on quest to solve plight of undocumented immigrants
During weekly living-room prayer meetings, parishioners of St. Mary Magdalen Church in Camarillo gather to offer prayers of intercession. Recently, their petitions to God have been directed toward undocumented immigrants.