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Vatican donates to shelters for immigrants on Texas border

August 17, 2017

The Vatican has donated $175,000 to two centers serving immigrants and refugees in the Rio Grande valley in Texas.

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Cardinal Blase Supich of Chicago visited Sacred Heart parish in McAllen, Texas this week to present the Vatican gift for the Humanitarian Respite Center there. He also presented a donation of $75,000 to a similar shelter in San Benito.

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Chicago Cardinal presents $100,000 to McAllen church on behalf of the Vatican (Valley Central)

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Posted by: brenda22890 - Aug. 18, 2017 6:18 AM ET USA
All people in strife need help and deserve help. Unless the goal is to undermine a sovereign nation's laws, that help will be given within in the law and not in defiance of it.