Bishop Daniel Flores Archives

IDs give parishioners way to say, ‘I belong,’ regardless of legal status

Oct 13, 2019

The Diocese of Brownsville and a group of interfaith leaders in the Rio Grande Valley have introduced a “parish identification strategy” to provided members of parishes in the diocese a way to identify themselves to local law enforcement regardless of their legal status.

By Paul Binz

‘Migrants are persons like us’: Border bishops offer prayers after deaths

Jul 1, 2019

Catholic bishops from both sides of the border near McAllen, Texas, issued a joint statement expressing condolences to the families of migrant children and parents who recently drowned trying to cross the river into the United States.

By Rhina Guidos

Border deaths spark condemnation by Salvadorans, other Catholics in U.S.

Jun 28, 2019

The bodies of a young father and his toddler are expected to be returned to El Salvador in late June for burial, days after they were swept up by a current in the Rio Grande River during an attempted border crossing into the United States.

By Rhina Guidos

Border bishops address different kind of crisis involving children

Jun 15, 2019

While the sex abuse crisis consumed the June meeting of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Baltimore, prelates who work on the border, such as Bishop Daniel E. Flores of Brownsville, Texas, have been facing a different crisis also involving children.

By Rhina Guidos

Pondering the ‘if’ and the ‘who’ of the next American cardinal

Apr 9, 2019

Rumors suggest Pope Francis may stage a consistory in June, prompting the question of if he’ll name a new American cardinal, and, if so, whom.

By John L. Allen Jr.

Judge allows survey of church property for border wall construction

Feb 8, 2019

A judge in Texas ruled Feb. 6 that the Diocese of Brownsville, Texas, must allow federal officials to survey some of its property for possible construction of a border wall on it.

By Rhina Guidos