El Salvador-born priest who opposed Trump's immigration crackdown named West Virginia bishop
TL;DR
A Catholic priest who publicly criticized President Trump’s immigration crackdown has been named a bishop in West Virginia, highlighting the Church’s stance on immigration and the path of leadership for a figure who once fled El Salvador as a teenager.
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