Bishop Mark Seitz issues first pastoral letter on mass detention, deportations — By: Catholic News Agency

Bishop Mark Seitz of El Paso, Texas, released the first pastoral letter on mass detention and deportations. The “current national campaign of mass detention and detention is a grave moral evil, one which must be opposed, with prayer, peaceful action, and acts of solidarity with those affected,” Seitz wrote. The Diocese of El Paso will…

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Beyond oil and conflict, Iran’s Kharg Island holds a lost Christian past — By: Catholic News Agency

While Iran’s Kharg Island has drawn global attention due to its pivotal role in the energy market amid escalating military tensions, its Christian history remains far less known, even though its architectural remains and ecclesiastical carvings testify to a forgotten chapter in the region’s past. Kharg Island is located in the northeastern part of the Persian…

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