- I’ll bet RC money isn’t coming out of the air-conditioning budget
- Although that would be a winner in the Pope’s eyes,
- Of course the illegals would be distraught over the lack of air-conditioned churches
HOW MUCH OF EACH DOLLAR FROM GIVERS TO THE CHURCH IN YOUR PARISH GOES FOR THIS AGENDA?
This is one Michele Malkin column from April of this year which provides solid evidence of involvement of the Catholic Church and other denominations in the U.S. in supporting, promoting and abetting the illegal immigration movement most recently exemplified by the caravans from Central America now arriving at our borders and preparing to swarm across.
The Catholic left in America, so imbued by their ‘righteous interpretation’ of Christ’s exhortation to ‘care for the least of our bretheren’, are leading advocates of ‘no borders’…”come on in…bring your culture with you!”, call to the billion or so people around the world who would like to get a ‘share’ of our nation’s ‘abundance’.
If their yearnings are fulfilled, the unlimited migration into America, within a generation or two, will cause many of these same migrants to begin looking for some other place to invade. This nation by then, will resemble more where they are coming from today than “the land of freedom and opportunity, and abundance” they’ve decided they ‘want a piece of’ (rather than do what is necessary to emulate it in their own country ).
We believe that, in the face of the Church’s leadership’s decision to ignore the laws of our country, to promote the elimination of this nation’s sovereignty, and to support the eventual destruction of the values, culture, and principles on which America is founded and has created this much-envied nation, it is fair to ask your parish’s pastor, ” just how much of your well-earned income you now donate to the collection basket each week, and to the numerous ‘special collections’, is being used to advance this agenda?”
And if this is not your agenda, we believe it is rational and compassionate to redirect your giving to one or more of the many other very deserving charitable endeavors throughout our great society. DLH (excerpts from Malkin commentary)
Open-borders churches, caravans, and criminal sanctuaries
Open borders tour guides in Mexico illegally shepherding 1,500 Central Americans to the United States border declared victory this week. Mexican officials reportedly are offering humanitarian visas to avert a showdown. But the parade of immigration lawlessness marches on — with reckless aiding and abetting by churches across the U.S.
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The Vatican itself donated at least $20,000 in 2009 to erect a shelter for Central American illegal aliens sneaking through Ixtepec, Mexico, where they hopped on freight trains into our country. Another papal society, Catholic Extension, has poured more than $12 million dollars into ministries along our southern border over the past five years “to ensure that those who are on a journey are protected by the Church and that we advocate on their behalf,” according the Catholic News Agency.
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In Washington state, the Jesuit-affiliated St. Joseph Catholic Church of Seattle blasted President Trump’s “destructive and brutal” immigration enforcement and declared “our unwavering solidarity with our brothers and sisters in the immigrant community.” All deportations violate “Catholic Social Teaching” and “the common good,” the parish asserted.
In Manhattan’s Upper West Side, the Fourth Universalist Society of New York is harboring a mother and her family who’ve lived here illegally for more than a dozen years and feel entitled to flout their deportation orders.
In Springfield, Massachusetts, the South Congregational Church is shielding a Peruvian woman and her two children facing deportation. Mayor Domenic Sarno has called on the city council to revoke the church’s property tax exemption so that no “public dollars shall be allocated for the purpose of interfering with the religious freedoms of South Church in accordance to our Constitution.” In response to a rare public official taking his legal and fiduciary responsibilities seriously, the church’s leader condemned Sarno’s soul.
In Las Vegas, the incoming Catholic Bishop George Leo Thomas announced that illegal immigration and gun control will top his spiritual agenda. Echoing the left-wing U.S. Conference on Catholic Bishops, Thomas pledged to support and advocate for the so-called illegal alien Dreamers and welcome them into the church.
In San Diego, Catholic and Episcopal leaders united to protest construction of the border wall while waving Mexican flags. “Jesus said we should love our neighbor,” one argued.
True, but Scripture also teaches citizens to honor the rule of law and secular authorities who preserve and defend civil order and safety: “Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. Therefore, whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment” (Romans 13:1-7).
The Acton Institute’s Brooke Levitske put it more bluntly: “Christ expected his followers to treat criminals in prison the way they would treat him, but he said nothing about busting them out of prison.”
As a Catholic who believes in strict immigration enforcement, I have argued repeatedly that it is one thing to show compassion to legal immigrants, legitimate refugees and asylees, and those abused and mistreated by smugglers. It’s quite another to conspire against an orderly immigration and entrance system that imposes commonsense limits, eligibility requirements, criminal background checks, medical screening and a commitment to assimilation. . . .
“Catholic Bishop George Leo Thomas announced that ‘illegal immigration and gun control’ will top his spiritual agenda.”
Gee. Seems I recall much hand-wringing on the part of Church officials ( and even pastors right here in the QC) regarding their “inability” to legally promote from the pulpit the Church’s position on abortion and other public issues. In fact one local, now retired pastor would not allow distribution of pro-life voter guides presenting all candidates positions to be distributed to parishioners. He did, however, allow local Nuns to promote Obamacare in meetings on Church property without equal time allotted. DLH
I was visiting a friend who I saw grinding leaves. We were B.S.ing at the picnic table when his wife joined us. After 1/2 hr. she said, “I really like this new Pope.” I replied, “Oh, you mean Crazy Frank?” I was leaving anyway.