I had a friend who is catholic standing up for the boarder jumpers..
Bub bye... Problem is, he is rock solid on other conservative issues. but man is he off the deep end on this one.
I had a similar experience when I became a Christian in 1981. I was at a church event (Assembly of God) sitting across the table from a couple (I was making the assessment that they were my brother and sister but they were clearly not very bright people) and they were making it clear that they were very dissapointed that Carter lost. I remember thinking, how can that be? How can a Christian be a liberal (hey, I was young and naeve) and then it hit me: Carter was the darling of Christian Evangelicals. They were fans because they were Christian Evangelicals, ignoring his actual politics.
I think this is what is happening with your Catholic friend. He’s siding with the Pope on this one.
I totally disagree with the lawlessness both on the part of the illegals crossing the border AND the President, his administration and any others who support BREAKING the law(s) of a sovereign country. As a deacon in the RC church, I believe there is, first and foremost, the duty to protect the “common good” of it’s citizens. And this far outweighs any call to charity that some insist is part of the caring and sheltering of all these illegal aliens. There is nothing charitable about laying an ever increasing and heavy burden on the citizens of one country to care for those of another. The welfare state is overburdened by the policies of the bleeding heart liberals who find it easy to be charitable with other peoples time, treasure and talents.
If this puts me at odds, on this one particular subject, with Pope Francis, so be it.