El Paso Archives

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

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
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.

For bishop with Mexican roots, El Paso’s assault hit close to home

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Oct 2, 2019

For Bishop Oscar Cantu of San Jose, California, the early August assault by a gunman who opened fire on El Pasoans and others doing weekend shopping at a Walmart in the border city this summer struck particularly deep.

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

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
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.

Recent tragedy frames El Paso gathering in support of migrants

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
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.

El Paso’s Bishop Seitz asks migrants be treated as Jesus would be treated

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Sep 24, 2019

At the start of a week focused on the plight of migrants, El Paso Bishop Mark J. Seitz asked Sept. 23 whether Christians are ready to encounter a Christ who exists in the migrants at the U.S. border, in the children who have lost their lives while under immigration custody, and those seeking to enter the country looking for work or safety.