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Letter to Immigrants
Hispanic Bishops express solidarity, prayers
Bishop Daniel E. Flores said a letter signed by all the Hispanic bishops in the United States directly addressed to the immigrant community in the United States, “is first and foremost a pastoral document meant to encourage immigrants from Latin American in the practice of their faith.”
Published under the letter head of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and the Archdiocese of San Antonio on the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the letter is signed by 33 bishops.
“Even as we bishops acknowledge the difficulties, the hardships, and the sufferings that many immigrant families face here in the United States, this letter is meant as a word of encouragement, of hope and of solidarity,” Bishop Flores said during an announcement in Brownsville at the Immaculate Conception Cathedral, which is located just a few blocks from the U.S./Mexico border.
“The 33 bishops who signed the letter commit themselves to continue working for a just reform of the immigration system in the United States, one that respects the integrity of the family and provides for the protection of workers and of laborers, and we continue to urge our public officials to address in a serious and a human way the conditions of families who wait with anxiety and with fear for a path toward legal recognition.”
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