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Catholic bishops call on Biden to change reality at Mexican border
- Jan 29, 2021
When Bishop Mark Seitz arrived to El Paso in 2013 he realized that most people don’t understand life on the United States-Mexico Border. Growing up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Seitz acknowledges that he didn’t either.
Biden policy agenda for Central America mirrors what Catholic organizations support
- Dec 12, 2020
When President-elect Joe Biden takes office in January, he will embark on pursuing a policy agenda for Central America that many Catholic organizations have long supported.
Bishop Seitz tests negative for COVID-19, urges social distances, masks
- Oct 16, 2020
Texas Bishop Mark J. Seitz — who tested negative for the coronavirus Oct. 15, and was released from quarantine by the El Paso County Health Department the previous day — urged Catholics to “make tough choices” now to stop the spread of the coronavirus.
El Paso bishop tests positive for COVID-19, quarantines self
- Oct 9, 2020
Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso is self-quarantining at his home after a test taken Oct. 3 indicated he had tested positive for COVID-19.
Statue of Jesus in El Paso cathedral beheaded by vandal
- Sep 16, 2020
A 90-year-old statue in El Paso’s St. Patrick’s Cathedral was destroyed by a vandal on Tuesday morning.
Rising gun violence amid pandemic points up bishops’ call for commonsense gun laws
- Aug 15, 2020
The level of gun violence has actually risen during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to statistics released by the Gun Violence Archive, a nonprofit research group that catalogs every incident of gun violence in the United States.
Calling out racism, El Paso bishop forms commission a year after massacre
- Aug 4, 2020
Bishop Mark Seitz of El Paso announced the formation of a commission to examine ways that may lead to the eradication of the hate that prompted the attack taking the lives of the 23 El Pasoans and wounding another 25 victims.
Catholic organizations rush to oppose proposed asylum changes
- Jul 17, 2020
Catholic organizations and others who fear that proposed changes by the Trump administration will all but eliminate the asylum system rushed to meet a July 15 deadline to make their voices heard.
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