Seitz Calls Mass Detention, Deportations a 'Grave Moral Evil'

Bishop Seitz on Catholic immigration stance: ‘Mercy has to play a role’

El Paso Bishop Mark Seitz released over the weekend a pastoral message calling for an end to the government’s policies of mass detention and deportation.Detailing the abuses and deaths reported inside the local immigrant detention center, Seitz wrote that “the current national campaign of mass detention and deportations is a grave moral evil, one which must be opposed, with prayer, peaceful action and acts of solidarity with those affected.”The …

In new pastoral message, El Paso bishop calls for end to mass deportations

Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso, Texas, called for an end to mass deportation and redoubled efforts to show solidarity with those affected by that policy.

Catholic Diocese of El Paso release pastoral message on mass detention and deportations

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA)- Officials with the Catholic Diocese of El Paso released a pastoral letter on mass detention and deportations occurring in El Paso, which officials say marks the first pastoral letter released by a Catholic bishop on this particular topic. Officials say Bishop Mark J. Seitz directs this pastoral message is directed at those directly impacted by these policies, including migrants and their families, US citizens and law enfor…

El Paso bishop calls mass deportation ‘grave moral evil,’ urges Catholics in immigration enforcement to follow GospelEl Paso Bishop Mark Seitz condemns mass detention and deportation, tells Catholic agents to reject immoral orders

Mass detention and mass deportation are a “grave moral evil,” El Paso Bishop Mark Seitz said Sunday, calling on the faithful in the diocese who work in immigration enforcement to follow the Gospel over the orders of the Trump administration. “No one has to obey an immoral order. I implore all involved to carefully discern the moral requirements of the Gospel at this moment with integrity and honesty. When we take off our masks and encounter each…

Seitz calls mass detention, deportations a 'grave moral evil'

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- El Paso Catholic Bishop Mark Seitz says the "current campaign of mass detention and deportations is a grave moral evil, one which must be opposed, with prayer, peaceful action and acts of solidarity." Seitz issued a pastoral letter on mass detentions and mass deportations after Mass on Sunday, March 12. [...]