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Bishop Barron Calls Catholics to Dialogue on Border Security

5/27/2026

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Bishop Robert Barron urged Catholics to replace criticism of President Donald Trump’s immigration policies with dialogue on border security.
He praised border czar Tom Homan’s call for stricter security on human trafficking and missing children, and cited Pope Leo’s claim that nations may control borders while urging humane migrant treatment.
He recommended Catholic officials in the Trump administration meet Vatican representatives to apply the Church’s moral framework to immigration decisions.

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Bishop Robert Barron urged Catholics to replace criticism of President Donald Trump’s immigration policies with dialogue on border security.
He praised border czar Tom Homan’s call for stricter security on human trafficking and missing children, and cited Pope Leo’s claim that nations may control borders while urging humane migrant treatment.
He recommended Catholic officials in the Trump administration meet Vatican representatives to apply the Church’s moral framework to immigration decisions.