At Mass for Migrants, Washington’s Cardinal McElroy says public cannot ‘pass by’ plight of immigrants
McElroy said the campaign has expanded month after month, citing 50,925 arrests in August and 57 detention deaths since Trump returned to office.
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McElroy: Americans can no longer 'pass on by,' ignoring how US is treating immigrants
Americans need to take action to support immigrants who are in this country without documents and are suffering under the government's mass deportation policy, Washington Cardinal Robert W. McElroy said at a Mass marking the 112th World Day of Migrants and Refugees on Sept. 27 at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington.
At Mass for Migrants, Washington’s Cardinal McElroy says public cannot ‘pass by’ plight of immigrants
“For the last year and a half,” Cardinal McElroy said, “the people of the United States have witnessed the suffering of the undocumented in our midst, purposely and strategically magnified by our government, and for the most part, we have simply passed on by.”
The Archbishop of Washington, Cardinal Robert McElroy, delivered a moving call to Americans to act to change immigration policies. "As a nation, we can no longer stand by idly," he said in a sermon delivered Sunday at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington on the occasion of World Migrant and Refugee Day. "Jesus weeps across our nation over the children who have been arrested, The article "Archbishop of Washington: 'Jesus weeps' …
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