To date this year, Bishop Seitz said, border authorities have reported 853 migrant deaths on the U.S. border side alone.
At border Mass above the Rio Grande, migrants who died are remembered
Lending an ear leads to lending one’s voice in advocacy, suggest panelists
The duty to advocate — in a sense, to protect and accompany migrants, finds its foundation in the words of our Lord Jesus Christ” in Matthew 25: 35-40 — about inviting in the stranger, or welcoming the “migrant,” as Cardinal Ramazzini paraphrased it.
A day of visiting the unwelcome, and a call to give them hope
The Sept. 23-27 pastoral visit, sponsored by various offices of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and other national organizations, aimed to highlight the church’s ministry to migrants, the border conditions and immigration laws affecting them, and their material and spiritual needs.
Many migrants surprised to find long wait to apply for asylum in U.S.
More than 2,000 migrants already were waiting to apply for asylum in the U.S., and they were required to register their names on a waitlist managed by the shelter.