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Archbishop Coakley urges U.S. Catholics to pray for peace and justice amid recent immigration enforcement deaths, calling them failures to respect human dignity, with nationwide participation encouraged.
- On Jan. 28, Archbishop Paul S. Coakley, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, called for a Holy Hour for peace in parishes and chapels across the United States, urging Catholics to entrust their fears and hopes to the Sacred Heart.
- Amid a noted climate of fear and polarization, Archbishop Paul S. Coakley cited three recent deaths by immigration enforcement and in a Texas detention facility as tragic failures to respect human dignity.
- Materials provided by the USCCB include prayer before the Eucharist, Scripture readings, a ‘Litany of Peace’, and a passage from St. John Paul II’s 1987 encyclical encouraging trust in the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
- Coakley’s message suggests his Jan. 28 remarks mark growing discomfort among USCCB bishops with immigration policy after meeting President Donald Trump on Jan. 12, 2026.
- Legal developments show Geraldo Lunas Campos’s death ruled a homicide, fellow detainees testified he pleaded for medication and was slammed to the ground, and a federal judge on Jan. 27 blocked witness deportations.
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Credit: Archdiocese of Oklahoma City Archbishop Paul S. Coakley preaches during a Mass in the Oklahoma City cathedral in 2021. ‘Let us pray for reconciliation where there is division, for justice where there are violations of fundamental rights, and for consolation for all who feel overwhelmed by fear or loss,’ Archbishop Coakley said.
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(OSV News) — Amid soaring domestic and global tensions, the head of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has called for a Holy Hour for peace as “a moment of renewal for our hearts and for our nation.” In a Jan. 28 statement, Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City, president of the USCCB, said that “the current climate of fear and polarization, which thrives when human dignity is disregarded, does not meet the standard set by Christ in t…
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