If the majority of illegal aliens were not Catholic?
2007-02-22 10:56:06 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
Created in the image of the one God and equally endowed with rational souls, all men have the same nature and the same origin. Redeemed by the sacrifice of Christ, all are called to participate in the same divine beatitude: all therefore enjoy an equal dignity.
The Catholic Church supports human rights and humane immigration law, not crime.
You shall not oppress an alien; you well know how it feels to be an alien, since you were once aliens yourselves in the land of Egypt. (Exodus 23:9)
The émigré Holy Family of Nazareth, fleeing into Egypt, is the archetype of every refugee family. Jesus, Mary and Joseph, living in exile in Egypt to escape the fury of an evil king, are, for all times and all places, the models and protectors of every migrant, alien and refugee of whatever kind who, whether compelled by fear of persecution or by want, is forced to leave his native land, his beloved parents and relatives, his close friends, and to seek a foreign soil. (Exsul Familia, Pope Pius XII, 1952)
"Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!" (The Statue of Liberty)
The earth, this country, everything we have are gifts from God, which we are called to share with our brothers and sisters in Christ.
With love in Christ.
2007-02-22 16:56:31 · answer #1 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, I do.
Is the Catholic Church ignoring the plight of non-Catholic latin American illegal aliens? Of course not. The Catholic Church has as much concern for them as it does for the Catholic lain American illegal aliens.
2007-02-23 05:23:04 · answer #2 · answered by Daver 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i imagine that the Catholic Church must be in a position to help their unlawful individuals. notwithstanding, like it has already been said in the journey that they are going to become in touch interior the politics they ought to lose their tax exempt prestige, and develop right into a specialist-amnesty political agency.
2016-12-04 19:47:20 · answer #3 · answered by nastasi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes
They believe the bible gives them the right to do this. They will tell you to obey the bible first; and the laws of men second.
2007-02-22 20:58:22 · answer #4 · answered by Pope Benedict XVI 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Maybe but I wouldn't bet money on it.
2007-02-22 14:33:01 · answer #5 · answered by cynical 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋