[Alex Murphy]

The Justice for Immigrants campaign of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops is urging priests across the nation to “incorporate petitions, prayers and homilies” into Sunday Masses on September 25 in support of passage of the DREAM Act.

[Alex Murphy]

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[FlingWingFlyer]

Still no “petitions, prayers and homilies” to force the governments of the sewers in Central and South America to stop driving their citizens into America though, huh?

[guppas]

Anybody know how many illegals live in the Vatican? I assume they’re all fed, educated, given medical care, and a path to Vatican citizenship, right?

[Winstons Julia]

Seems to me that Catholics desperately want more Catholics despite the fact that the passage of this will further incentivize illegal immigration. We graduate over 50,000 illegals from American high schools every year. The DREAM Act is the wrong way to “handle” a problem everyone’s ignoring.

[ebshumidors]

I’m Catholic and they wonder why I quit going to church.

[MIchaelTArchangel]

Yeah, I pray for the DREAM Act, that it fails and that all the crimaliens go home and demand from their nations what they demand from ours!

[montag813]

No “petitions, prayers and homilies” in support of Christians being butchered by Muslims across the globe? Bastard cowards. Strip the 501(c) exempt status from every one of them.

[tumblindice]

I just saw a National Geographic special (`Gangland’) on Fresno’s experience with unregulated “immigration.” It was on the `Bulldogs,’ a vicious gang of disgruntled foreign guests and their children.
The Catholic church should spend less time meddling in the issue of illegal aliens and more in a constructive manner in an area where they have some experience: pedophilia.

[Pat4ever]

Another shining example of why the USCCB should stop meddling in politics and just do their jobs.

[Salvation]

How would Jesus treat these people?

“Catholic social ministry begins and ends with Jesus Christ,” he said. “If it doesn’t, it isn’t Catholic.”

Archbishop Chaput

[Salvation]

Aren’t we all immigrants?

Remember “Catholics need not apply.”

“Irish need not apply.”

“Germans need not apply.”

“Vietnamese need not apply.”

[Salvation]

And all this time I thought St. Paul told us to love our neighbors!!!!!!

Rom 13:8-10

Brothers and sisters:
Owe nothing to anyone, except to love one another;
for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.
The commandments, "You shall not commit adultery;
you shall not kill; you shall not steal; you shall not covet, "
and whatever other commandment there may be,
are summed up in this saying, namely,
"You shall love your neighbor as yourself."
Love does no evil to the neighbor;
hence, love is the fulfillment of the law.

[Salvation]

And all this time I thought Jesus told us "Love one another as I have loved you."

Are you saying NOT to do that?

[ardara]

USCCB has yet to comment on Catholic vp Biden’s support of China’s obnoxious one child policy while speaking in China.But they give full support to this ridiculous ‘Dream Act’.Is th USCCB an arm of the Democratic party?

[Natural Law]

Even though it denies you another opportunity to bash the Church and as uncomfortable as it may seem, the illegal immigrants are here independent of the positions of the Catholic Church. They are here because of the policies of the state and federal governments, fostered by BOTH political parties, have enticed and rewarded their arrival and done nothing to cause their return. If you want to blame anyone, blame the voters.

All that would be necessary for a repatriation of the illegal immigrants is to eliminate the inducements to their being here. The exact same forces that brought them here would cause them to return.

What many of you don't, can't or refuse to understand is that once here illegals are entitled to the same constitutional protections as anyone else within the jurisdiction of the US by virtue of the 14th Amendment.

[dangus]

For the record, I hadn’t seen this article... but I was going to post a similar criticism after my DC-area parish, now led by a flaming hippy (sigh) was pushing this. I know you post this stuff to push down Catholics so you feel better about your religion, but this criticism / esposure is 100% justified.

Absolutely inexcusable.