Early tribute to Pope's death displayed at local Catholic church on Easter Sunday, over US Bishops' silence on Trump Immigrant cuts!

Activist incensed by U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops's silence on Trump cuts to refugee programs, displayed Pope's strong migrant concerns to his own parish on Easter Sunday!

Protestor says "his Easter Sunday action was a 'premonition tribute' to the Immigrant Pope's imminent death only hours later in Rome."

by Brian Patrick Moore, Easter Monday, April 21, 2025

Moore used this "Refugee Matters!" sign on Easter Sunday, in front of St. Theresa's Catholic Church, at two morning Masses. He said he did it out of frustration at the US Bishops lack of leadership to not fight Trump's funding cuts for immigrants. Picture of this sign was taken day before at anti-Trump demonstration on SR 50, Spring Hill.

Moore took this picture upon sharing his "All Immigrants have Rights!" sign with a protestor John Menino, at Saturday protest on State Road 50 (Cortez Blvd). A fellow protestor, Sandra, who took the previous picture of Moore, displays her "Checks n Balance" sign. Moore also used his "Immigrant Rights" sign, which he made, the following day, Easter Sunday, at St. Theresa's Catholic Church.

Picture of St. Theresa's Catholic Church, and empty parking lot, is located adjacent to U.S. Highway 19,(Commercial Way) in Spring Hill, Florida. In the background, behind the church, there are two entrances to the church from the busy highway. Moore stood at both locations, before and after the 9:30 and 11:00 AM Easter Masses displaying his signs supporting immigrants. Several honked in agreement, but there were several parishioners who shouted from their open car windows, that "illegal immigrants have no rights!" Moore agrees with the Pope who said "Christian Charity requires helping those in need, not just those in one's closest circles." Pope Francis' quote was in response to Vice-President J.D. Vance's commented by implication that the Bishops were supporting the immigrants only for the money.

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Picture is of Saturday anti-Trump protestors, April 19, 2025, on State Road 50 and Mariner Blvd. intersection, in Spring Hill. The free-lance photographer in pink shirt, Jazzlyn Moctezuma, took several pictures of Brian and will soon share some of her up-close pictures of the crowd of protestors and their diverse messages.

Picture taken by Jazzlyn Moctezuma of Brian with antiwar sign at Saturday, April 19th anti-Trump protest in Spring Hill, on Cortez Blvd (SR50) and corner of Mariner Blvd. More is protesting both the American governments support of both the Ukraine War and the Israeli-Hamas War in Gaza.

Catholic Bishop, Timothy Broglio of the El Paso Catholic Diocese, leads a march in solidarity with migrants in El Paso on March 24, 2025. Photograph: Andres Leighton/AP. Bishop Broglio is also president of the USCCB. However, the Conference of Bishops has remained silent.