Bishop Daniel Flores Archives

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

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
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.

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

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
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.

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

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
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.

Border bishops address different kind of crisis involving children

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
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.

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

News Analysis
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.

Judge allows survey of church property for border wall construction

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
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.