Letter from Bishop Seitz
March 12, 2025
An Open Letter to the Borderlands Community in El Paso Most Rev. Mark J. Seitz, Bishop of El Paso March 10th, 2025
Una carta abierta a la comunidad fronteriza en El Paso Mons. Mark J. Seitz, Obispo de El Paso 9 de marzo del 2025
Dear Community,
As a pastor in the borderlands, I am sensitive to the palpable anxiety which has taken hold of
so many of our residents in recent months, both immigrant and non-immigrant alike.
Over just the past several weeks, we have seen the closure of the border to the vulnerable,
immigration enforcement actions against our neighbors and the denial of reasonable
protections for our schools, hospitals and places of worship. In recent days, I myself have lost
friends who have chosen to self-deport back to immensely challenging conditions in their
home country.
The heartwrenching pain coursing through our community is real. Indiscriminate immigration
enforcement, the denial of due process and the pulling apart of families strike at our
community and are grave attacks on human dignity. The threat of mass deportations is
untenable and immoral and demands a credible response.
Therefore, I invite all of our El Paso residents – all people of faith and everyone committed
to the common good – to come to San Jacinto Plaza at 6pm on Monday, March 24, 2025,
on the Memorial of Archbishop Oscar Romero, for a March & Vigil organized in
collaboration with the Hope Border Institute.
There, we will be joined by an international delegation of bishops as well as many of our
community leaders. Together, we will march in solidarity with all our neighbors gripped by fear
at this moment.
Let us walk together, confident that God is present in our desires for a more just world and in
our actions to make them a reality.
St. Mark Catholic Church Lenten Reconciliations Tuesday March 24, 2026 6:30 p.m.
March and Vigil for Human Life and an End to Mass Deportations
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- All baptized Christians share in the Church's mission and, guided by the Holy Spirit, are fit for renewing and building up the Church, Pope Leo XIV said at his weekly general audience.
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Marking the two weeks since the U.S. and Israel launched their first attacks on Iran and since the Israeli military resumed strikes in Lebanon, Pope Leo XIV called for an immediate ceasefire.
ROME (CNS) -- Believing problems and differences can be resolved with war is absurd, Pope Leo XIV said, chastising those who use God's name in their dark and deadly pursuits.
VATICAN CITY (CNS) --The Catholic Church is made up of diverse people who are united by their faith in Christ and are called to welcome all of humanity, Pope Leo XIV said during his weekly general audience.
ROME (CNS) -- Every Catholic parish needs to show that Jesus, who promises a just, true and full life, is always near, Pope Leo XIV said.
En la Misa de la XXX Jornada Mundial de la Vida Consagrada, celebrada en la Basílica de San Pedro, León XIV explica que la vida religiosa, «con su sereno desapego de todo lo transitorio, enseña la inseparabilidad entre el más auténtico cuidado de las realidades terrenas y la amorosa esperanza en las eternas».
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Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass on the 30th World Day for Consecrated Life, praising consecrated men and women for living out their steadfast faith even in the most difficult of circumstances, and inviting them to be 'leavens of peace' and 'signs of hope.'
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