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If Bishops Want to Be Heard on Immigration… by Thomas V. Mirus – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

If Bishops Want to Be Heard on Immigration… by Thomas V. Mirus

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Screenshot. January 22, the USCCB tweeted a video of Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso, chairman of the USCCB’s Committee on Migration

By Thomas V. Mirus, Catholic Culture, Jan 24, 2025

Thomas V. Mirus is President of Trinity Communications and Director of Podcasts for CatholicCulture.org, hosts The Catholic Culture Podcast, and co-hosts Criteria: The Catholic Film Podcast.

In the few days since President Trump served America his first flight of executive orders, there have been a number of statements made by bishops on the orders concerning immigration. I would like to comment on three of these statements in order to suggest some ways in which the Church’s policy interventions could be more apt and effective.

A lack of focus

On January 22, the USCCB tweeted a video of Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso, chairman of the USCCB’s Committee on Migration, along with his written statement. In the video, Bishop Seitz speaks about the Church’s special role in drawing attention to the needs of the most vulnerable according to the teaching of the Gospel:

We are not politicians; we’re pastors. Our lens is the Gospel; our lens is the teaching of the Church. …I think this is a time for us to reassert our particular role in the midst of a world that we believe desperately needs God. …

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