Why is the Catholic Church for amnesty?

Question

The catechism states(paragraph 1900, Catechism of the Catholic Church):

1900: The duty of obedience requires all to give due honor to authority and to treat those who are charged to exercise it with respect, and, insofar as it is deserved, with gratitude and good-will.

Pope St. Clement of Rome provides the Church's most ancient prayer for political authorities: "Grant to them, Lord, health, peace, concord, and stability, so that they may exercise without offense the sovereignty that you have given them. Master, heavenly King of the ages, you give glory, honor, and power over the things of earth to the sons of men. Direct, Lord, their counsel, following what is pleasing and acceptable in your sight, so that by exercising with devotion and in peace and gentleness the power that you have given to them, they may find favor with you."

http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/para/1900.htm

As a catholic against amnesty, i can't understand why the church is for it.Why can't we enforce our laws?

And send all the illegals back to their country of origin? don't they understand that these people are stealing from american taxpayers?

*sigh*, It makes me so said to see our country being sold to illegal aliens.

Answer 1

I was raised Catholic but I am outraged that the church is advocating illegal immigration. The Catholic Church has lots of rules that don't make sense to me, like using a condom is a sin. So you just have to keep having children even if you can't afford it. Either that or don't have sex. Makes no sense.

Answer 2

i think of that the Catholic Church could be waiting to assist their unlawful individuals. besides the indisputable fact that, like it has already been pronounced in the event that they're going to get entangled interior the politics they could lose their tax exempt status, and grow to be a expert-amnesty political business enterprise.

Answer 3

It's all about money... It has nothing to do with anything else. Just like in Europe the Catholic church is losing it's luster due to child molestation charges and political meddling. They are losing followers something fierce so they want all the illegals to join up and give them money.

Answer 4

Simple answer? Because the vast majority of the illegal aliens are catholic. This is nothing more than a business decision for the catholic church. More members means more money in the collection baskets.

Answer 5

Most Mexicans are Catholic. In the USA, the Catholic population is falling. They need and want more Catholics. Cardinal Mahoney in Los Angeles is a big supporter of illegals. Not only that, he also supports child molesting priests, but that's another subject.

Answer 6

Because is big bussines.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AqZR8Wc5_DKbpJfV2.Tvl7ja7BR.?qid=20070627082648AASlDMd

WAKE UP AMERICA, BEFORE IS TOO LATE!

Answer 7

Why is the Catholic Church for amnesty? Because 99.9% of the illegal Mexicans are Catholic. I won't go further with this because I do not wish to offend anyone.

Answer 8

1. Many of the Mexicans are Catholics
2. Jesus, forgiveness, holyness, love thy neighbor, etc.

Answer 9

Here are some scriptures supporting aliens:

Leviticus 19:10
Do not go over your vineyard a second time or pick up the grapes that have fallen. Leave them for the poor and the alien. I am the LORD your God.

Leviticus 25:35
" 'If one of your countrymen becomes poor and is unable to support himself among you, help him as you would an alien or a temporary resident, so he can continue to live among you.

Deuteronomy 24:14
Do not take advantage of a hired man who is poor and needy, whether he is a brother Israelite or an alien living in one of your towns.

Deuteronomy 31:12
Assemble the people—men, women and children, and the aliens living in your towns—so they can listen and learn to fear the LORD your God and follow carefully all the words of this law.

Exodus 22:21
"Do not mistreat an alien or oppress him, for you were aliens in Egypt.

Leviticus 19:34
The alien living with you must be treated as one of your native-born. Love him as yourself, for you were aliens in Egypt. I am the LORD your God.

Psalm 146:9
The LORD watches over the alien and sustains the fatherless and the widow, but he frustrates the ways of the wicked.

Leviticus 19:34
The alien living with you must be treated as one of your native-born. Love him as yourself, for you were aliens in Egypt. I am the LORD your God.

The Pope is NOT God. If you really want to know what to do with aliens then read God's word. The Bible makes no distinction between "legal" or "illegal" because it's MAN that places those kinds of labels on people, not God. It amazes me that so called Christians bash these people, we are all equal in God's eyes and at the end of the day, you will account for your own actions on this earth, not how some illegal effected your comfort zone...

Answer 10

Because the issue is larger than national boundaries.