Top US bishop worries Catholic border services for migrants might be imperiled by government action
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Government officials would be infringing on religious freedom if they were to restrict the Catholic Church's work serving migrants along the U.S.-Mexico border, says a top U.S. bishop.
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