A statement on immigration matters from an Archbishop in California is not necessarily the official Church view in this issue of the American Roman Catholic Church or Our Father in Rome. The Church is reluctant to take stands on political matters, especially those in active political campaigns.
All Church priests and higher officials are asked to avoid politics, but some may speak out of turn due to personal views. If they do this repeatedly, they would be counseled not to continue as it is against the vows taken when joining God’s Church.
It’s stand on the sanctity of Human life and opposition to abortion is longstanding and from the Church’s interpretation of God’s word in Scriptures. This is a core belief and not one merely political.
A statement on immigration matters from an Archbishop in California is not necessarily the official Church view in this issue of the American Roman Catholic Church or Our Father in Rome. The Church is reluctant to take stands on political matters, especially those in active political campaigns.
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Hey, you evidently do for the Roman Catholic Church what Axelrod does for Obama — but I am not buying it.
You cannot tell me that the Archbishop of LA is such an insignificant cleric that — despite his pronouncements against upholding US law having been posted on the Internet — that your “Holy Father” and/or his staff is not aware of what is going on.
In other words, the Vatican’s failure to rebuke the LA La Raza-flavored Archbishop by telling him to zip it makes it obvious to me that they are permitting him to to be their mouthpiece while they can still cling to “deniability.”
Not buying: As the time-honored saying goes: “Silence implies consent.”
To hell with the pro-La Raza Archbishop, and the horse he rode in on.