Mass celebrated to pray for end of family separation;
Catholic leaders push Catholic House leadership to act;
Bishops meet with DREAM youth.
WASHINGTON - Members of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops? Committee on Migration celebrated a Mass for ?Immigrants and their Families,? May 29, at St. Peter?s Catholic Church on Capitol Hill. During the Mass, Archbishop Thomas Wenski of Miami prayed for members of Congress to ?show the political courage to act on this vital issue of immigration reform.? Bishops who concelebrated the Mass with Archbishop Wenski also celebrated Mass at the U.S.-Mexico border April 1.
Before the Mass, the bishops met with and heard the story of young persons, known as DREAM youth, who came to the United States with their parents as young children. They told the bishops stories of being separated from their parents because of deportations.
Following Mass, the bishops planned to visit several members of the House of Representatives, including House Speaker John Boehner, to urge them to consider immigration reform legislation as soon as possible.
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