US EditionMiami Archbishop Thomas Wenski Rides Harley to Alligator Alcatraz Detention Center, Leads Rosary for Detainees | News Channel 3-12
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA, JUL 21 – Archbishop Wenski and 25 Knights on Bikes prayed for detainees at Alligator Alcatraz, where 61% of migrants at risk of deportation are Catholic, while awaiting Mass approval.
- On July 20, 2025, Archbishop Thomas Wenski of Miami joined about 25 members of the Knights on Bikes ministry, a group within the Knights of Columbus, to ride motorcycles to Alligator Alcatraz, a migrant detention center located in the Florida Everglades roughly 55 miles from Miami, where they prayed a rosary outside the facility’s gates.
- The visit came amid increased immigration enforcement actions lately, and the Archdiocese of Miami continues to await permission to enter the facility to offer Mass and pastoral support to those detained.
- Wenski criticized methods of enforcement that categorize all irregular immigrants as threats and underscored that those detained are family members who have significantly contributed to the country’s well-being and lack a homeland to return to.
- Between July 1 and 18, 2025, Alligator Alcatraz received 34 emergency 911 calls, despite officials maintaining that the facility complies with all necessary regulations and is functioning properly, while some religious leaders and lawmakers criticized the conditions there.
- The event highlighted the Church’s mission of mercy and accompaniment, underscoring ongoing concerns over treatment of detainees and the need for spiritual support pending access approval.
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Catholic archbishop of Miami leads motorcycle rosary session at 'Alligator Alcatraz'
(RNS) — Despite extensive attempts to obtain approval to say Mass in the detention center, Wenski told RNS the archdiocese had not been able to provide pastoral care for the detained migrants.
Cd. of Mexico.- Through the consulates in Orlando and Miami, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE) is providing consular assistance and protection to two Mexicans who are in the Everglades immigration detention center in Florida, known as the "Alcatraz de los Caimanes." Through its social networks, he said that nationals are also receiving legal advice and consular staff are in permanent communication with their relatives.
Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski rides Harley to Alligator Alcatraz detention center, leads Rosary for detainees | News Channel 3-12
By Mauricio Maldonado Click here for updates on this story MIAMI (WFOR) — Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski rode his Harley-Davidson on Sunday, leading a group of 25 members of the Archdiocese of Miami’s Knights on Bikes ministry to the gates of the Alligator Alcatraz detention facility, where he led a Rosary and offered prayers for the men and women held inside. Wenski parked his Harley alongside the others at the facility’s entrance in a publ…
Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski rides Harley to Alligator Alcatraz detention center, leads Rosary for detainees
By Mauricio Maldonado Click here for updates on this story MIAMI (WFOR) — Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski rode his Harley-Davidson on Sunday, leading a group of 25 members of the Archdiocese of Miami’s Knights on Bikes ministry to the gates of the Alligator Alcatraz detention facility, where he led a Rosary and offered prayers for the men and women held inside. Wenski parked his Harley alongside the others at the facility’s entrance in a publ…
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