BY CAROL ZIMMERMANN
CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
WASHINGTON (CNS) - Catholic immigration advo- cates are urging Congress and President Joe Biden to speed up legislation to protect immigrants after a federal judge ruled July 16 to end a program that prevents the deportation of thousands of immigrants brought into the U.S. ille- gally as children. These groups immedi- ately took to social media to respond to the decision by U.S. District Judge An- drew Hanen, who said the Deferred Action for Child- hood Arrivals, or DACA, was illegal. His ruling, which plain- tiffs plan to appeal, bars the government from ap- proving any new applica- tions to the program but leaves it open for current participants. The decision means that tens of thousands of peo- ple who applied but had their initial cases stuck in limbo due to crisis-level processing delays ... will not receive life-altering protection from deporta- tion or stability, security, opportunity," tweeted Lisa Parisio, director of advo- cacy for Catholic Legal Immigration Network, or CLINIC. We must meet this moment and we must all make it impossible for Con- gress not to deliver. This is way past enough," she said July 16 of the "politically motivated, inhumane, mor- ally bankrupt decision." Hanen ruled in favor of Texas and eight other states that filed suit in 2018 against DACA on the grounds that former Presi- dent Barack Obama, who created the program by ex- ecutive order in 2012, did
USCCB general secretary resigns after reports
WASHINGTON (CNS) - Msgr. Jeffrey D. Burrill, the general secretary of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops since November, has resigned from the post after the USCCB "became aware of impending media reports alleging possible improper behavior by Msgr. Burrill," said Archbishop Jos H. Gomez of Los Ange- les, USCCB president. In a July 20 memo to bishops, Archbishop Gomez said he had accepted Msgr. Bur- rill's resignation, effective immediately. "What was shared with us did not include allegations of miscon- duct with minors. However, in order to avoid becom- ing a distraction to the operations and ongoing work of the conference, Monsignor has resigned," the arch- bishop said. "The conference takes all allegations of misconduct seriously and will pursue all appropriate steps to address them," he said. In consultation with the bishops' Executive Committee, Archbishop Gomez appointed Father Michael J.K. Fuller, associate general secretary, to serve as interim general secretary "until the election of a new general secretary by the body of bishops."
Police investigate destruction of two statues
QUEENS, N.Y. (CNS) - Two religious statues displayed outside Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church in the New York borough of Queens were destroyed in an act of vandalism in the early morning hours of July 17. The damaged statues included one of Mary and one of St. Therese Lisieux, known as "the Little Flower." A news release from the Diocese of Brooklyn said the statues were dragged 180 feet from the church across 70th Avenue, where they were smashed with a hammer. Earlier in the week, on the evening of July 14, the stat- ues "were toppled over but were not damaged," the diocese said. "The individual involved in both acts of vandalism is believed to be the same person." "Both of these statues have stood in front of the church since it was built" in 1937, said Father Frank Schwarz, pas- tor. "It is heartbreaking, but sadly it is becoming more and more common these days," he said in a statement.
Bishop of Reno resigns; pope names successor
WASHINGTON (CNS) - Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop Randolph R. Calvo of Reno, Ne- vada, and named Auxiliary Bishop Daniel H. Mueggen- borg of Seattle as his successor. Bishop Calvo, who turns 70 Aug. 28, has headed the northern Nevada diocese since 2006. Bishop Mueggenborg, 59 has been an auxiliary bishop of Seattle since 2017. A native of Oklahoma, he was ordained as a priest for the Diocese of Tulsa, Oklahoma. The changes were announced July 20 in Washington by Archbishop Christophe Pierre, apostolic nuncio.
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TPS urged for Guatemalans
WASHINGTON (CNS) - Extensive damage from back- to-back tropical storms in the middle of a pandemic has made a bad situation worse in Guatemala, argued immigration advocates July 14, seeking a special im- migration status for nationals from the Central Ameri- can nation. Guatemala is the kind of country that keeps suffering "one terrible incident after another," said Democratic Rep. Norma Torres of California's 35th Congressional District in a press call featuring Guatemalans who are in the U.S. illegally and activists seeking immigration protection under the Temporary Protection Status program. TPS grants a work permit and reprieve from deportation to certain people whose countries have experienced natural disasters, armed conflicts or exceptional situations so they can remain temporarily in the United States. As of March 11, na- tionals from the countries of El Salvador, Haiti, Hon- duras, Nepal, Nicaragua, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria and Yemen were eligible for TPS. further study of the norms by individual bishops and the USCCB "will help deter- mine how these norms ap- ply here in the Archdiocese of Baltimore. In the mean- time, the current practice will continue and going forward every effort will be made to meet the pas- toral needs of those who frequent Holy Mass in the extraordinary form." In San Francisco, re- sponding to a request for comment from Catholic News Agency July 16, Arch- bishop Salvatore J. Cordil- eone said: "The Mass is a miracle in any form: Christ comes to us in the flesh under the appearance of bread and wine. Unity un- der Christ is what matters. Therefore the tradi- tional Latin Mass will con- tinue to be available here in the Archdiocese of San Francisco and provided in response to the legitimate needs and desires of the faithful."
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ST. PAUL, Minn. (CNS) - Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda of St. Paul and Minneapolis said July 16 that, for now, parishes that celebrate Mass in the extraordinary form - also known as the "traditional Latin Mass" or "Tridentine Mass" - should stick to the status quo. Archbishop Hebda has formed a task force to re- view Pope Francis' new law to place greater oversight on the use of that form of the Mass. Auxiliary Bishop Andrew H. Cozzens is chair of the task force, which will take time to understand the new law and consider the next steps to take to imple- ment it in the archdiocese. Noting that the norms were effective as of July 16, Archbishop Hebda said he "will need some time to study the new norms, examine our local situation and seek counsel." With that in mind, I am happy to grant the neces- sary faculties so that those priests who are already celebrating the rites of the extraordinary form may continue to do," he said. I similarly direct that the Mass in the extraordinary form continue in those locations where it is cur- rently being offered in the archdiocese. No new public liturgical celebration of the extraor- dinary form, however, should be introduced any- where in the archdiocese at this time without my writ- ten permission." Currently, Mass in the ex- traordinary form is regu- larly offered in the archdio- cese at seven parishes. Saying he was acting for the good of the unity of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis July 16 restored limits on the celebration of the Mass according to the Roman Missal in use before the Second Vatican Coun- cil, overturning or severely restricting permissions St. John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI had given to celebrate the so-called Tridentine-rite Mass. His apostolic letter "Tra- ditionis Custodes" ("Guard- ians of the Tradition") declares the liturgical books promulgated after the Second Vatican Council to be "the unique expres- sion of the 'lex orandi' (law of worship) of the Roman Rite," restoring the obliga- tion of priests to have their bishops' permission to cel- ebrate according to the "ex- traordinary" or pre-Vatican II Mass and ordering bish- ops not to establish any new groups or parishes in their dioceses devoted to the old liturgy. Priests currently cel- ebrating Mass according to the old missal must request authorization from their bishop to continue doing so, Pope Francis or- dered, and for any priest ordained after the docu- ment's publication July 16, the bishop must consult with the Vatican before granting authorization. In a statement issued late July 16, Los Angeles Archbishop Jos H. Go- mez, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, encouraged his brother bishops "to work with care, patience, justice and charity" as "these new norms are implemented ... (and) as together we foster a eucharistic renewal in our nation." Like Minnesota's arch- bishop, a number of other U.S. bishops similarly told their priests who celebrate the Mass in the extraor- dinary form and their parishes that already are allowed to have the cel- ebration of this Mass that they can continue to do so while they further study the document. In a July 19 statement, Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori said that not have the authority to do so because he bypassed Congress. The states that joined Texas in the lawsuit - Ala- bama, Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nebraska, South Carolina and West Virginia - also said the program has been a financial strain. DACA has enabled about 700,000 qualifying young people, described as Dreamers to work, go to college, get health insur- ance, a driver's license and not face deportation. These young adults were brought to the U.S. as children by their parents without legal documentation. In a June 19 statement, Washington Auxiliary Bishop Mario E. Dorson- ville, chairman of the Committee on Migration of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, said the bishops were disappointed with judge's ruling, but they have also known that DACA was never meant to be a permanent solution for Dreamers." This ruling is simply the most recent devel- opment in a long list of events warranting action by Congress," he said.
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Supporters of the DACA program are seen in San Diego June 18, 2020.
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