Tag: Bishop Mark J. Seitz
Catholic leaders urge humane alternatives to ICE child detention: ‘It’s only...
Catholic leaders, including an official from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' migration office, reiterated a pastoral approach to the issue of child detentions...
Bishop Mark J. Seitz, migration ‘very optimistic’ religious worker visa issue...
BALTIMORE -- The chair of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Migration said he was "very optimistic" that efforts to resolve backlogs for religious worker...
Catholic immigration advocates praise bipartisan attempt at reform: ‘It’s absolutely necessary’
WASHINGTON -- Catholic immigration advocates praised the bipartisan effort behind the reintroduction of legislation in Congress that would give legal status to some eligible...
El Paso’s Bishop Mark J. Seitz, on current U.S. immigration policy,...
EL PASO, Texas -- Ahead of a March 24 immigrant solidarity rally he organized in El Paso, OSV News interviewed Bishop Mark J. Seitz,...
Bishop Mark Seitz of El Paso decries Trump’s mass deportation effort,...
Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso, Texas, is spearheading a march and vigil to protest the Trump administration's plans for mass deportations of...
Maryland Catholic workshop offers resources in immigration landscape; USCCB executive calls...
ANNAPOLIS – Several executive orders issued in the first days of President Donald J. Trump’s second term affect immigrants and migrant rights. Representatives from...
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton says Catholic nonprofit serving migrants runs...
The Texas Supreme Court Jan. 13 heard oral arguments in a case concerning Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's attempt to shut down El Paso's...
U.S. bishops preach human dignity, discuss immigration, abortion concerns ahead of...
The church must continue to stand for the dignity of all human life under the incoming Trump administration.
That was the message from Bishop Mark...
U.S. bishops on Biden executive order nixing asylum requests: ‘There is...
WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden June 4 signed an executive order aimed at reducing unauthorized border crossings by asylum-seekers. The move was expected and...
Some Catholics believe the church should look to collaborate with the...
WASHINGTON -- The Black Lives Matter movement is coming up to its 10th anniversary next year, so it's hardly in its beginning stages.
It remains...