Bishop Mark J. Seitz

The Diocese of El Paso, Texas, filed for bankruptcy March 6, citing financial strain from claims related to sexual abuse alleged to have occurred decades prior.

A group of U.S. bishops, most from the U.S.-Mexico border region, issued a statement hours before President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address.

OneLife LA, Archbishop Gomez said, is “a religious movement, a stirring of the heart and conscience. A movement of the Spirit.”

Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso, Texas, urged the U.S. bishops Nov. 11 to take further steps to show solidarity with migrants at their annual fall assembly.

From the opening gavel to adjournment Nov. 11, the immigration issue was at the forefront for much of the first day of public sessions of the U.S. bishops’ fall plenary …

The Trump administration indicated it would limit the number of refugees annually admitted to the U.S. to 7,500, with a preference for white South Africans.

“We brought in messages from California, from Texas, from Iowa, from New Jersey, from New York, from Florida, communities across the country.”

Pope Leo “was very affirming of the work that we are doing in the United States, especially our work directly with immigrants,” Bishop Seitz said.

Named after St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, patron saint of immigrants and the first U.S. citizen to be canonized, the pledge was launched “as a reminder of our Church and nation’s …

(OSV News) — Solidarity with refugees and migrants “is not optional,” but rather “a living testimony of the Gospel,” said Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso, Texas, chairman of the …