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Trump administration sues Catholic diocese to seize land near El Paso for border barrier

To install more border barriers, the Trump administration wants to seize 14 acres of land on an iconic mountain outside of El Paso owned by the Catholic Diocese of neighboring Las...

Bishop Menjivar-Ayala Talks Leo, Migrants, Bluegrass Music

M. Boorstein, WaPo

Border Report Live: Pastor denounces child detention at US Capitol rally

A San Antonio pastor was a speaker at an immigration rally held on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., to bring attention to migrant detention detention facilities in South Texa...

‘I will keep defending immigrants’: new bishop, who was smuggled into the US as a teen, joins pope’s resistance to Trump

The Right Rev Evelio Menjivar-Ayala vows to ‘keep talking’ as West Virginia bishop, amid tension between Trump and the VaticanThe new bishop appointed to lead West Virginia Catholi...

Bishop Curry responds to shooting at Islamic Center of San Diego

Yehiel Curry, presiding bishop of the ELCA, has issued a statement about the deadly attack at the Islamic Center of San Diego earlier this week. “In a place devoted to... The post...

EXCLUSIVE: 12 News interviews West Virginia's new bishop who was previously an undocumented immigrant

WHEELING, W.Va. (WBOY) — Last Friday, Pope Leo XIV appointed Father Evelio Menjivar-Ayala as the Bishop of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston. Since then, Menjivar-Ayala’s backgrou...

STAND STRONG: Bp. Strickland inspires pro-life activists to continue heroic work on front lines

Fresh from praying outside an abortion mill with almost 100 pro-life activists in Fort Myers, Florida, Bishop Joseph Strickland addresses the group at a special gathering of these...

United Methodist “Bishop” justified Illegal Immigration with the Bible?

San Diego mosque shooting an 'attack on the sacred dignity of all human life,' says bishop

Bishop Michael Pham of San Diego said the faithful there "stand united in solidarity and prayer with the Muslim community" after a deadly May 18 shooting at a mosque complex in tha...

Catholic priest who criticized Trump immigration crackdown named West Virginia bishop

The next bishop for West Virginia Catholics will be an El Salvador-born advocate for immigrants who has opposed U.S. President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown policies.

Pope Leo picks DC pastor of parish impacted by immigration raids for Florida bishop

Pope Leo XIV is sending another Catholic leader who has spoken out for migrants to President Trump's adopted home state. The pope named Capuchin Fr. Emilio Biosca Agüero as the thi...

‘Disrespectful And Violent’: Mar-A-Lago’s Bishop Takes On Trump’s Not-So-Holy Pope Attacks

The pontiff tapped Bishop Manuel de Jesús Rodríguez, who has criticized Trump’s immigration policy, to be head of the Diocese of Palm Beach.

Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe’s Easter message

[Episcopal News Service] Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe sent the following Easter message to the church on April 4, Holy Saturday.  Dear friends in Christ: One of the paradoxical truth...

Bishop Strickland slams Trump over Easter threat against Iran that said ‘praise be to Allah’

Bishop Joseph Strickland wrote that 'This is not about condemnation. It is about calling all people – especially those in positions of influence – to a higher standard worthy of th...

San Diego diocese’s shelter in Tijuana offers migrant women and children safety, stability

[Episcopal News Service — Tijuana, Mexico] About 35 migrants, including 14 children, have received much needed support and services here on the U.S.-Mexico border since the 2025 op...

Church’s Latino Ministries hosts Spanish-language vigil in support of communities, immigrants

[Episcopal News Service] Episcopalians gathered virtually April 21 for an evening prayer vigil hosted by The Episcopal Church’s Office of Latino Ministries to support and stand in...

On immigration, Americans must examine their conscience: Catholic tradition can help

Bishop Oscar CantГє and two ethicists write: "It is time for the consciences of Catholics and all citizens to examine policies of detention and deportation in light of the demands...

Bishop crashing a laity meeting in Las Cruces draws attention to Neocatechumenal Way

A growing underground fire in a small diocese in New Mexico surfaced last year when the bishop tried to take over an assembly discussing the use of the Neocatechumenal Way in the c...

EXCLUSIVE: Bishop Strickland exhorts pro-lifers to ‘stand against evil masquerading as good’

'If the bishops won’t stand up, then the faithful have to,' said Bishop Strickland.

Catholics fight Trump’s attempt to seize their land for border wall

The Catholic Diocese of Las Cruces, N.M., is fighting the Trump administration’s attempt to seize a portion of its property to build a border wall. The federal government has its e...

Catholic priest who criticized Trump immigration crackdown named bishop

West Virginia's next Catholic bishop was born in El Salvador and has been critical of President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown

Catholic priest who criticized Trump immigration crackdown named West Virginia bishop

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The next bishop for West Virginia Catholics will be an El Salvador-born advocate for immigrants who has opposed U.S. President Donald Trump’s immigration c...

Pope Leo appoints bishops who defended DEI and criticized immigration enforcement

Pope Leo XIV announced appointments of U.S. bishops that some characterized as being anti-Trump after a public feud with the administration.Among the appointments were bishops that...

Mount Cristo Rey, in path of Trump's border wall, sits on land of New Mexico diocese

The federal government's planned 1.3-mile wall across Mount Cristo Rey, seen as a holy site where "faith transcends borders," has drawn opposition from environmentalists and the Ca...