[sinkspur]

The US Conference of Catholic Bishops isn't the entire Church, this position isn't upheld in the Catechism and this is not a statement by the Pope.

The bishops' position IS upheld in the Catechism. If you go to the link, you will see that their position is not far from yours.

You somehow want to leave the impression that Mahoney is acting against Catholic teaching, and that is most assuredly NOT the case!!

[Brytani]

I should have been clearer in my comment, being in a hurry doesn't always get it.

When I said the US Conference isn't the entire church, that is a true statment. What I failed to elabortate on was Mahoney's position, which isn't even what the Bishop's have said themselves.

Yes, the Bishop's position is upheld in the Catechism via helping others, pushing for economic relief in other countries, helping people to achieve legal immigration status etc. The Bishop's though fail to mention that they are also to uphold the laws of the US.

I made the mistake of lumping Mahoney's in with all the Bishop's. He's gone WAY past what the conference has said. In fact, Mahoney says he will in fact break any laws the US has or passes on immigration reform.

Hopefully I'm a bit clearer on this now.