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Pope Leo XIV has promoted a former undocumented immigrant to lead West Virginia Catholics in a sign he wont be intimidated by President Donald Trump.
Evelio Menjivar-Ayala came to the U.S. in 1990 as an undocumented immigrant, having been smuggled into the country in the trunk of a car.
On Friday, Pope Leo, who has criticized Trumps hardline stance on immigration, tapped Menjivar-Ayala to be West Virginias new bishop. He will replace retiring West Virginia Bishop Mark Brennan, a man who, incidentally, helped Menjivar-Ayala secure a green card years ago.
Menjivar-Ayala, 55, has told the Washington Post how he fled violence in his home country of El Salvador three times when he was a teenager before finally arriving in Los Angeles, where his sister was living. He worked as a janitor, painter, and in construction before entering religious life.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/pope-launches-scarcely-concealed-attack-210751271.html
struggle4progress
(126,600 posts)and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me ...
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MyOwnPeace
(17,604 posts)is looking for this Matthew guy
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Scrivener7
(60,012 posts)Its a guy running his organization without cow-towing to an idiot.