Faith Dispatches
J.D. Long-GarcíaNovember 12, 2019On Nov. 12, the U.S. bishops elected Archbishop Gomez to be the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops on the first ballot.
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J.D. Long-GarcíaNovember 11, 2019“Our nation made a promise to these ‘Dreamers,’” Archbishop Gomez wrote. “We have a moral obligation. It is time for the president and Congress to honor that promise and live up to this obligation.”
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J.D. Long-GarcíaNovember 04, 2019“They died on their way to this country and made that journey from life into death,” Ms. Marquez said. “In the end, we will find them there with our God."
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J.D. Long-GarcíaOctober 31, 2019Surveys show a long-term decline in U.S. Latinos identifying as Catholic, reports J.D. Long-García. The church is identifying ways to keep second- and third-generation immigrants in the pews.
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J.D. Long-GarcíaOctober 13, 2019The racism that is now a part of public life must be named and opposed, Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso, Tex., said in a new pastoral letter.
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J.D. Long-GarcíaOctober 09, 2019Catholic organizers, labor leaders, theologians and activists will gather Oct. 11 to Oct. 13 in El Paso, Tex., for a national pilgrimage, teach-in and public action.
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J.D. Long-GarcíaSeptember 26, 2019The FBI is offering a $5,000 reward for each church for information leading to an arrest. Mr. Ceniceros said the diocese is offering an additional $5,000 for each church, adding that the same person or persons are believed to be responsible for all three incidents.
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J.D. Long-GarcíaSeptember 20, 2019Some Catholic schools are implementing dual-language programs, part of an effort to reflect the reality of life in the church in the United States.