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Over 100 Catholic Clergy and Laity Cross U.S.-Mexico Border in Friday Procession
More than 100 Catholic bishops, nuns, priests and parishioners crossed from Nogales, Arizona, to Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, on Friday evening after a Mass and while praying the rosary. The event coincided with U.S. independence commemorations as temperatures reached 36 degrees Celsius.
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-Mexico border from Nogales, Arizona, to Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, on Friday evening. The procession began after a Mass at Sacred Heart Church in Nogales, Arizona, which overlooks the border fence. Participants prayed the rosary while walking across the border and were met by Mexican counterparts on the Sonora side.
Bishop James Misko of Tucson stated during the Mass: “We want to be well together. ” The procession was timed to coincide with commemorations of the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence. Temperatures reached 36 degrees Celsius during the event.
She added: “We realized, there are people crossing the desert right now, and they don’t have any (respite). ” The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the Trump administration could turn away asylum seekers at the border and strip deportation protections from hundreds of thousands of Haitian and Syrian immigrants, the Independent reported.
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops issued a statement in November expressing sadness over “the vilification of immigrants” and concern about conditions in detention centers.
Bishop Mark Seitz stated that religious chaplains have sometimes been denied access to the Camp East Montana detention center in Fort Bliss and that priests are limited to one Mass per week for roughly 100 of more than 1,000 detainees there. Three deaths occurred at the facility between December and January. Pope Leo will celebrate Mass on July 4 in Lampedusa, Italy.
