Catholic diocese says Trump’s border wall ‘desecrates’ 29-foot tall Jesus statue
The department says it needs 14 acres for about 1.5 miles of barrier, while the diocese argues the project would violate religious freedom.
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‘It’s a battle between symbols’: One small Catholic diocese is taking on Trump’s wall, all to protect a 29 ft tall Jesus
The Trump administration and a small Catholic diocese have entered a legal confrontation over Mount Cristo Rey. At the heart of this struggle is a 29-foot-tall limestone statue of Jesus that stands as a beacon of faith for thousands of pilgrims who travel to the New Mexico border every year. As the government moves to seize 14 acres of land at the mountain’s base for the border wall, the Diocese of Las Cruces is standing firm to protect what it …
New Mexico diocese fights to save holy site from ‘desecration’ for border wall
A New Mexico diocese is citing religious freedom violations as it continues to counter the Trump administration’s advancing efforts to seize land from a pilgrimage site for building part of the U.S.-Mexico border wall. “This affront to religious liberty cannot stand,” said the Diocese of Las Cruces in a June 19 opposition response filed in U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico. Along with the response, Bishop Peter Baldacchino of La…
The Catholic community on the border with Mexico is being asked by the US authorities to sell the land to build an anti-migrant wall on it, and Catholics do not give up without fighting, believing that it will desecrate the holy place on that land — the statue of Jesus, to which the pilgrimages from all over the world come.
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