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Bishop Mark Seitz
Here’s what ‘border bishops’ think about the migrant crisis
By Peter Pinedo Baltimore, Md., Nov 17, 2023 / 18:20 pm Several Texas bishops are expressing grave concern about the ongoing migrant crisis and are underscoring the need for “comprehensive immigration reform” as the situation is untenable for their dioceses. More than 2.5 million illegal immigrants crossed the southern border last …
Bishops urge Congress to pass bill granting asylum to Afghans who helped U.S. during war
By Peter Pinedo Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 20, 2023 / 10:45 am Bishop Mark Seitz, chair of the U.S. bishops’ Migration Committee, urged Congress in a letter issued Tuesday to pass the Afghan Adjustment Act granting permanent asylum to individuals and families who helped U.S. service members during the war and are now …
U.S. bishops praise new immigrant family reunification program
By Peter Pinedo Washington D.C., Jul 11, 2023 / 10:50 am El Paso Bishop Mark Seitz, head of the U.S. bishops’ migration committee, on Monday praised the Biden administration’s new immigrant Family Reunification Parole program and called for more immigration reform. “We welcome this effort to provide a realistic opportunity for …
What is Title 42, why are the bishops against it, and what will happen tomorrow?
By Peter Pinedo Washington D.C., May 10, 2023 / 12:45 pm Title 42, the public health law that for the last three years has limited immigration into the United States, is set to expire on Thursday, May 11. In March 2020, the Trump administration invoked Title 42 of a 1944 public …
U.S. bishops condemn ‘Secure the Border Act of 2023’
By Peter Pinedo Washington D.C., May 8, 2023 / 16:30 pm Bishop Mark Seitz of El Paso issued an open letter to Congress on May 5 strongly condemning the Secure the Border Act of 2023 as “extreme” and expressing the U.S. bishops’ position that the bill’s passage “is beyond justification.” As chairman of …
El Paso bishop meets with Biden, warns of ‘suffering’ to result from new immigration policy
By Peter Pinedo Washington D.C., Jan 9, 2023 / 14:00 pm During President Joe Biden’s four-hour visit to the U.S.-Mexico border Sunday he spoke with Bishop Mark Seitz of the Diocese of El Paso, Texas, about the effect the Biden administration’s recent crackdown on immigration will have on migrants. In a …
USCCB chairmen elections: Who came out on top?
by Christine Rousselle Baltimore, Md., Nov 16, 2021 / 15:28 pm Members of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops elected six new chairmen-elect on Nov. 16 at their Fall General Assembly in Baltimore. The chairmen-elect will serve in the role for one year before assuming the position of “chairman” …
What the bishop of El Paso told the vice president on immigration
by Matt Hadro 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 Friday. Bishop Mark Seitz of El Paso was one of a number …
Situation at the U.S.-Mexico Border
WASHINGTON- The bishops along the border of the United States and Northern Mexico have issued a joint statement on the situation at the border of the two countries. Their joint statement follows: As U.S. and Mexican bishops along the border, we witness daily the dilemma that our migrant sisters and …
US bishops denounce racist violence and ‘fringe ideology’
by Matt Hadro Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 17, 2020 / 04:00 pm MT (CNA).- After a summer of mass protests and civil unrest, bishops from around the U.S. shared stories of confronting racism in their home dioceses at their annual fall meeting on Tuesday. The bishops spoke out to condemn …
