Anyway, the group advocated for restriction of the sale of produce from one state to another. The group also stated in the newsletter that Americans consume more food resources than they actually need to survive, and I believe they advocated for some legislation that would forcibly reduce the percentage we consume. It was an absolute Communist document.
That being said I have a soft spot for campesinos, they work like dogs, and have none of the labor protections that we all have. If the new Cathechism were to reflect the time honored tradition of respecting the workers of the field, I see that as good. I don't know enough about Chavez to know whether he is a blight or not.
When I was in 4th grade our Parish Priest used to go into the farmland in my area (which was immense), gather the children of the migrants, and bring them into our school. It was marvelous. Fr. Wrigley was his name, and he was a real Shepeherd.
If we have a problem with illegals, it's our own fault. We don't really secure our borders as they should be, IMO, and because the economy benefits from their cheap, plentiful labor, the powers that be allow the situation to remain as is.
The thing that bothers me the most about illegals, is not necessarily that they're here, but that they don't seem to develop an appreciation and love for the United States, as legal immigrant groups did in the past. To my way of thinking it's a recipe for balkanization, given the probable growing percentage of that population.
Illegal immigration is a little infuriating for those of us who have direct relatives who immigrated (legally). That being said, I realize that my "people" came over on the Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria NOT the Mayflower. So, I too, have nothing against Cesar Chavez...I grew up in urban housing project...but it seems he is being manipulated by present-day socialists. Ironies of ironies...illegal immigration is undermining the unionization efforts of the hotel workers in Boston...they are trying to organize for a living wage ..but the hotels keep hiring illegals for minimum wage....thanks Teddy Kennedy, you are a great Catholic [/sarcasm] .
I guess the catechism dropped Thomas Merton the lapsed Benedictine monk (who corpse was discovered by none other than Rember Weakland, weird huh?) My diocesian newspaper reports that Merton scholars are organizing a protest.... I guess when they canonize Merton he will be Patron Saint of Lapsed Catholics.