sentences:  Burbidge went on to encourage American Catholics to contact their elected officials and voice their opposition to the new policy and to pray for immigration reform, stating that the Diocese of Arlington and other Catholic communities would continue to be hospitable to refugees.On July 26, 2017 Burbidge, accompanied by his successor Luis Rafael Zarama, returned to the Diocese of Raleigh to celebrate the mass and give the homily at the dedication of the Cathedral of the Holy Name of Jesus.Following the Unite the Right rally that took place August 11–12, 2017 in Charlottesville, Virginia to protest the removal of the Robert Edward Lee Sculpture in Emancipation Park, Burbidge spoke out calling the events that ensued "saddening and disheartening."