“Even the Pope doesn’t agree with the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. He respects the rule of law. They do not.”
Where do you get this from? I am asking because I heard our Archbishop explaining to someone that although the Pope has not publicly discussed the US immigration issue, he was fully in support of the Bishops and their policies regarding illegal immigration.
Maybe he wasn’t telling the truth, but he was quite confident with the comment. I doubt he would lie intentially.
I will try to hunt something up, but in the meantime try googling. Pope Benedict believes in the sovereignty of nations and in the law. Try googling Ratzinger also. The Catholic Church in the US, imo, has become a real problem to conservative Catholics. Benedict is a conservative. There is a rift in the Church which pretty much aligns itself with the international and national split in socialist/capitalist ideology. You might also try looking up Liberation Theology, another thing Pope Benedict has written extensively against.