Bishops call Catholics to prayer and action amid US immigration violence, rhetoric
More U.S. Catholic bishops have released messages of concern as tensions continue to soar amid the Trump administration‘s immigration crackdown, with clashes between protestors and enforcement agents flaring into deadly violence in cities such as Minneapolis, and former detainees revealing inhumane conditions in migrant detention centers.
Central to the bishops’ pleas is a consistent call for the respect of human dignity, for an end to violence and often dehumanizing rhetoric, and for a moral renewal of the nation.
Among the latest bishops to weigh in are Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila of Denver, Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles, Bishop Michael F. Burbidge of Arlington, Virginia, and Bishop Timothy L. Doherty of Lafayette-in-Indiana.