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Pope Promotes Bishop Who Sneaked Into US

did:plc:kpkcscbf2zshv7shqgqn45wn May 1, 2026
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An immigrant who slipped into the US in a car trunk as a teenager has been selected to lead Catholics in West Virginia. Pope Leo XIV on Friday picked Bishop Evelio Menjivar-Ayala, a 55-year-old Salvadoran-born prelate who lived in the US without legal status and worked construction and janitorial jobs,...

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