In Minnesota, US cardinals and pope’s ambassador decry mass deportations and call for reconciliation
Archbishop Bernard Hebda, and Cardinals Robert McElroy, Christophe Pierre and Joseph Tobin celebrate a mass in solidarity with migrants at the Chapel of St. Thomas Aquinas on Friday, Feb. 27, 2026 in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Mark Vancleave)
ST PAUL, Minn. (AP) — In St. Paul on Friday, Cardinal Robert McElroy of Washington addressed growing concerns with immigration enforcement while highlighting the need to be peacemakers on the polarizing issue after a Mass for migrants he celebrated with his fellow prelates and the Twin Cities’ archbishop.