TEXAS
Crux
Mark Zimmermann
December 14, 2016
NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Taking over one of America’s front-line dioceses in terms of both the political and pastoral challenges of immigration, Bishop Edward Burns, named December 13 as the new shepherd of Dallas, Texas, has pledged to emphasize solidarity with immigrants.
Asked by Crux what he would tell immigrants who are fearful of the immigration policies in the upcoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump – who as a candidate had said that all illegal immigrants may be subject to deportation – Dallas’s new bishop underscored the importance of service.
“As the shepherd of the Diocese of Dallas, I want to assure them that we will do everything we can to help them and assist them. Regardless of the circumstances of how they entered this country, we will seek to serve their needs,” he said, adding, “…We need to be present to them. For us, it is the very essence of being a universal church.”
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