[skeeter]

Just try to sneak into Vatican City.

[Claud]

Made this point on many occasions myself.

[robowombat]

In which case the Hierarchy seems to have the same views former President George W Bush and his wife also have. While President he articulated even more outrageous views about how anyone struggling with poverty should be welcomed here not turned back by fences and ‘vigilantes’ (as he termed those Americans attempting to stem the unarmed invasion of the US).

[Alex Murphy]

...there is scarce mention of another concept that many of these same Catholic leaders have highly prized, particularly in their recent struggles with the U.S. government: the rule of law.

As Glenn Beck has often said, you are either ruled by laws, or by men.

[OldNavyVet]

Communism thrives on anti-capitalist thoughts, and America today concentrates on caring for those in need ... while at the same time most Americans don't know what creates wealth.

In short, the creation of wealth does not come from printing trillions in the form of more and more shrinking-worth dollars; it comes from individual freedom, good ideas, the creation of productive jobs, and willing production workers: aka Capitalism.

As the saying goes ... The road to Hell is paved with good intentions, and today's America is on the road to Hell ... thanks to communistic thinking

[Ge0ffrey]

I’m a practicing Catholic and I don’t quite understand what the Bishops are saying. They need to clarify because it’s one thing to treat illegal aliens with dignity but quite another to allow illegals to have the privileges of citizenship.

I liken this situation to participation in the Mass. Anyone can attend Mass but not everyone can take the Eucharist. People are free to enter a Church and look around out of curiosity, or pray, or even stay for Mass, as long as the Church doors are open. But in order to fully participate in the life of the Church, you must first become a member. In order to become a member, you must know the rules, and your intentions must be right. And even if you are a member, you must be a member in good standing, that is, in the state of grace, free of mortal sin before you can consume the Body and Blood of Christ.

Let’s liken that to citizenship in the United States. Almost anyone can come legally to visit, to look around, or to participate in American life for a little while. You can even get special permission to hang out for extended periods of time, if you’re a halfway decent citizen. But in order to vote, let’s say, or to fully participate, you must become a member; you have to know the rules; you have to speak the language to a minimal degree. You have to be law abiding. The United States has to agree to accept you. Then you go through the process to become a legal alien. Why is that so hard to understand?

[Alberta's Child]

The Catholic leadership in the U.S. is completely disingenuous about this. On the one hand, they call for an "open borders" policy when it comes to immigration. But on the other hand they have completely abandoned anything resembling a Catholic tradition of charity and now hold their hand out to all levels of government to finance their own charitable initiatives business ventures.

[Little Ray]

So, according to these pointy headed morons, not only do we have to have open borders to allow the hordes of invading barbarians to get in, but we have to provide them with welfare AND provide them a “path to citizenship.”

Any way we can get the Pope to bust ‘em down to monk and replace them with somebody with a working intellect?