El Paso Archives

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.

El Paso mourns, but heals still from mass shooting one year later

Aug 8, 2020

The people of El Paso, Texas, did the best they could, under extraordinary circumstances, to remember the 23 lives taken after the bloody event that summer day a year ago.

By Rhina Guidos

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.

By Rhina Guidos

Asylum at the border is ‘effectively over,’ El Paso bishop says

Jun 27, 2020

After visiting a group of pregnant migrant women on the Mexico side of the border, Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso, Texas, issued strong words June 25 about the Trump administration’s “Remain in Mexico” program and other restrictive immigration measures, saying that turning away those seeking asylum in the U.S. amounts to sending them to their death.

By Rhina Guidos

Catholic priest performs Last Rites amid COVID-19

Jun 14, 2020

EL PASO, Texas — Father Michael Lewis peered through the glass walls of the ICU, clutching his prayer book. “It’s COVID-19,” said the nurse on duty at University Medical Center. “You really shouldn’t go in there.” He paused. It was the early days of the pandemic that has robbed the

By Lauren Villagran, EL Paso Times

Pope Francis sends rosaries for mass shooting victims in El Paso

Feb 5, 2020

During a January visit with Vatican officials to report on the status of his diocese, Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso, Texas, mentioned to Pope Francis the tragic events that took place at home Aug. 3, 2019.

By Rhina Guidos