US pauses plans for new border walls at oceanfront park
San Diego, US AP The Biden administration on Thursday agreed to pause plans for a double border wall that critics say would effectively destroy a 51-year-old oceanfront park that symbolises friendship between the United States and Mexico. US Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Chris Magnus said he wanted to hear community concerns before settling on […]
US ‘Border Church’ and ‘Border Mosque’ team up for prayer service
San Diego, US RNS For more than a decade, the Rev. John Fanestil, a United Methodist minister, has held a Sunday service at Friendship Park, a historic meeting place on the US-Mexico border overlooking the Pacific Ocean between San Diego and Tijuana. While Communion is celebrated each week, Fanestil began the non-sectarian Christian ministry to help […]