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The appeal was issued by Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski and signed by seven other members of the Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops. The White House responded that operations will continue.

Pope Leo XIV has named the Rev. Manuel de Jesús Rodríguez as bishop of Palm Beach. Rodríguez has expressed concerns about immigration policies.

As the Catholic Church deals with new sex-abuse revelations, the pope opened a three-week gathering of bishops in Rome Saturday on how to make the Church relevant for young people.