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CV NEWS FEED // Pope Francis this week appointed Bishop Edward Weisenburger to the Archdiocese of Detroit following the resignation of the 76-year-old Archbishop Allen Vigneron.
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) announced Feb. 11 that the former Bishop of Tucson would become Archbishop of Detroit, as well as Superior of the Mission sui juris of the Cayman Islands.
Bishop Weisenburger will be installed on March 18, 2025, according to a press conference posted on YouTube.
The incoming bishop responded to a question about his perspective on immigration. He answered that in Tucson, the diocese often assisted the government by welcoming 1,200 to 1,500 asylum seekers per day.
He said that experience led him to recognize the struggles of people who immigrate to America, noting that “most people want to stay home, but they’re driven to migrate, they’re driven to seek asylum.
“Now I would say the levels of immigration that we’ve been witnessing are not sustainable,” the Bishop said.
He said, however, that the immigration is “profoundly broken,” adding that Catholics must see Christ in immigrants.
“So again, every nation has the right to monitor its borders, we have the right to review and make changes to immigration processes,” Bishop Weisenburger said.
He then pointed to the USCCB’s guidelines on immigration, noting, “one of the founding points is to recognize the human dignity of everyone.”
Bishop Weisenburger also expressed concern over the possibility of the closing of the U.S. Agency of International Development, noting that Cardinal Michael Czerny, the Vatican prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, said closing the agency would “kill millions.”
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