Phoenix Bishop Hosts Conference Calling For Catholic Response To Deportation of Illegal Aliens

The so-called ‘Witness to Hope’ conference is sponsored by a large network of ‘open borders’ Catholic NGOs.
As the Trump administration continues its immigration crackdown, advocates from across the nation gathered in Arizona to discuss pastoral strategies for understanding and applying Church teaching to mass deportations.
On March 12, the Diocese of Phoenix held an all-day conference titled “Witness to Hope: Responding to Mass Deportations,” drawing together experts on immigration law, Catholic social teaching about immigration and ministry to migrants.
Addressing participants, Bishop John Dolan of Phoenix pointed to Pope Leo XIV’s apostolic exhortation Dilexi Te, in which the pope stresses that “love for the Lord … is one with love for the poor.”
“Where do you find Christ?” asked Dolan. “If Jesus says, ‘I will be with you until the end of time,’ where do you find him? Among the least of us — and isn’t that kind of why we are here?”
The Phoenix event was the second such regional …