Bishop Mark J. Seitz Archives

At year’s end, humanitarian aid for migrants moves across border

Dec 21, 2019

Over the last year, Catholic dioceses on the U.S. side of the border with Mexico, in places such as El Paso and Brownsville, Texas, scrambled to accommodate the growing number of children, men and women crossing the border, seeking asylum and entering the U.S.

By Rhina Guidos

Immigration advocates take part in teach-in event at U.S.-Mexico border

Oct 17, 2019

Catholic Latino organizers, labor leaders, scholars and activists took part in a social justice event that was a combination teach-in and demand for action Oct. 11-13 in El Paso.

By Catholic News Service

As migrants face a closing door to the U.S., bishops accompany them

Sep 26, 2019

In anticipation of the 2019 World Day for Migrants and Refugees, a group of bishops, women religious, lay ministers and others interested in the plight of migrants spent the days prior to the Sept. 29 observance listening to tales of hope, dashed dreams, resilience and uncertainty that are in abundance among migrants in this border region.

By Rhina Guidos

A day of visiting the unwelcome, and a call to give them hope

Sep 25, 2019

A group of U.S. bishops visited Ciudad Juarez, across the border from El Paso, to get a firsthand look at the immigration crisis.

By Rhina Guidos

Recent tragedy frames El Paso gathering in support of migrants

Sep 25, 2019

When local Catholic leaders Sept. 23 welcomed a delegation from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, including lay ministers who tend to migrants in various parts of the U.S., they proudly spoke of the “DNA” of the El Paso community, one that doesn’t treat those who aren’t from the area as strangers.

By Rhina Guidos

El Paso Diocese uses new fund to help migrants near border

Sep 12, 2019

During the summer of 2019, the bishop of El Paso, Texas, decided his diocese would open a fund to help a growing number of immigrants piling into shelters on the other side of the U.S. border in the sister city of Ciudad Juarez in Mexico.

By Rhina Guidos