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100+ Clergy Cross Nogales Border, Celebrate US 250th Anniversary

6/27/2026

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Over 100 Catholic clergy and parishioners crossed from Nogales, Arizona into Nogales, Sonora on Friday evening as the border walk coincided with the United States’ 250th anniversary.
Bishop James Misko of Tucson led a mass at Sacred Heart Church.
Sister Eileen McKenzie reported temperatures of 36 °C and called the heat deadly for migrants crossing the desert.
Participants prayed the rosary together while Mexican clergy joined them crossing the border fence.

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Over 100 Catholic clergy and parishioners crossed from Nogales, Arizona into Nogales, Sonora on Friday evening as the border walk coincided with the United States’ 250th anniversary.
Bishop James Misko of Tucson led a mass at Sacred Heart Church.
Sister Eileen McKenzie reported temperatures of 36 °C and called the heat deadly for migrants crossing the desert.
Participants prayed the rosary together while Mexican clergy joined them crossing the border fence.