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El Paso (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the Diocese of El Paso (Texas, USA), His Exc. Mgr. Mark Joseph Seitz, announced during a press conference last night, that together with the Bishops of the Diocese of Ciudad Juárez (Mexico) and Las Cruces (Texas, USA) a letter of invitation was sent to Pope Francis asking him to visit the border area during his trip to the US, scheduled for next year.
"I hope he sees this as a great opportunity and responds to this request made by the Bishops of a region, not a single diocese", said Mgr. Seitz yesterday afternoon. On the same day the first papal visit to the United States for the World Meeting of Families, held in Philadelphia from 22 to September 27, 2015 was confirmed.
"We support the proposal with joy and, frankly, whatever the chosen place on the border is, it would always be close to us. We would love to have him here", continued Mgr. Seitz. According to the note sent to Agenzia Fides, Mgr. Seitz stressed that the vision of the Holy Father is to build bridges and not to put more walls or fences", hence the importance of his visit on the border with Ciudad Juarez". (CE) (Agenzia Fides 18/11/2014)
