Pro-immigrant pastor named bishop of Florida diocese home to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate

Pope Leo names Rev Manuel de Jesús Rodríguez, who has criticized US immigration policies, as bishop of Palm Beach

Pope Leo XIV on Friday named the Rev Manuel de Jesús Rodríguez, now pastor of a predominantly Hispanic church in the Queens borough of New York City, as bishop of Palm Beach, Florida.

The diocese is home to the Mar-a-Lago estate of Donald Trump, whose get-tough immigration policies have drawn objections from the US Conference of Catholic Bishops.

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Source: www.theguardian.com

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