Faith & Spirituality

San Diego Catholic Bishop and other faith leaders came together to support immigrants. Following an early morning mass at St. Joseph's Cathedral, the group of clergy boarded buses and traveled to San Diego's federal building, where deportation hearings were taking place. There, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents wait in courthouse halls to arrest and deport immigrants attending their hearings or other legal appearances. Bishop Michael Pham, from the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego, speaks with the media after providing witness, prayers, and support to immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers whose petitions will be heard that day before administrative law judges of the Department of Homeland Security.

Matthew Bowler

KPBS

Catholic leaders rally behind immigrants on refugee day

Jacob Aere

Catholic and other faith leaders offered prayers in courtrooms, where deportation hearings were taking place.

Faith & Spirituality

Pope Leo XIV makes first US bishop appointment in San Diego
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North Park church's affordable housing project highlights new market of 'off-site' housing credits
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Border & Immigration

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