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Bishop Seitz tests positive for COVID-19, quarantines self

Thursday, October 8, 2020058 Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso is self-quarantining at his home after a test taken Oct. 3 indicated he had tested positive for COVID-19.

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Black sisters urge U.S. Catholics, church leaders to do more to end racism

Monday, September 21, 2020024 The National Black Sisters' Conference issued a "clarion warning" to U.S. Catholics saying church members and leaders have not done enough to speak out against the sin...

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Vandalism at El Paso Cathedral destroys nearly 90-year-old statue of Jesus

Friday, September 18, 2020062 Authorities in El Paso, Texas, have apprehended a suspect who is said to have entered the border city's St. Patrick Cathedral Sept. 15 and destroyed an almost 90-year...

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USCCB urges Congress, White House to reach COVID-19 relief deal

Tuesday, September 8, 2020012 A leader with the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has urged Congress and the White House Sept. 8 to reach a deal on the next COVID-19 relief package that meets the...

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Dioceses in Hurricane Laura's path report damage, but hard to gauge for now

Friday, August 28, 2020047 After a hurricane made landfall with winds of 150 mph along the Texas-Louisiana border early on Aug. 27, bishops from the dioceses in its path found themselves the...

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Four days into new post, Beaumont bishop prepares for Hurricane Laura

Thursday, August 27, 20200116 Growing up in Louisiana, Bishop David L. Toups is no stranger to hurricanes. Yet he never expected that less than a week into his first assignment as bishop of the...

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U.S. bishops express solidarity with Lebanon, join pope in prayers

Friday, August 7, 2020050 The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and the chairman of its Committee on International Justice and Peace expressed solidarity with Lebanon and...

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Calling out racism, El Paso bishop forms commission a year after massacre

Monday, August 3, 2020017 He was surrounded by photos of fellow El Pasoans, who spent the last moments of their lives one summer evening a year ago, running for safety while shopping at...

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Bishops, immigrant advocates oppose Trump's census memo

Thursday, July 23, 2020013 Democratic leaders and immigrant advocates are criticizing President Donald Trump's July 21 memorandum to prevent immigrants without legal documentation from being...

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'It is an attack on everyone': Bishops react to Nice basilica murders