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Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso, Texas, shares a smile with a Honduran girl named Cesia as he walks and prays with a group of migrants at the Lerdo International Bridge in El Paso June 27, 2019. Bishop Seitz has released a pastoral letter on racism which strongly condemns the "xenophobia ravaging the United States" and describes the border wall as a "monument to hate." (CNS/Reuters/Jose Luis Gonzalez)