BRAVO, Mrs. Don-0!
We here in Little Rock are dealing with an influx of Illegals due to The Mexican Consolute and our Bishop who is PRO Illegals. Here is his First news letter from 2008.
Taylor's first pastoral letter teaches on rights of immigrants
Published: November 8, 2008
By Malea Hargett; Editor
Five months after being ordained the bishop of Little Rock, Bishop Anthony B. Taylor is issuing his first pastoral letter in hopes of teaching his flock about the human rights of undocumented immigrants.
"I Was a Stranger and You Welcomed Me: A Pastoral Letter on the Human Rights of Immigrants" was introduced to the priests of the state Nov. 5 during a study day. On Nov. 7, diocesan employees gathered at St. John Center for a similar event.
Bishop Taylor said he believes the human rights of immigrants is a topic that many Catholics are not informed about properly.
"I hope that people will open their hearts to the call of Jesus in our time," he said in an interview with Arkansas Catholic. "There is lots of information people don't have at their disposal that is really relevant to this topic. More than that, I hope it goes down from their head to their heart and see what the Lord is asking of us. ... It is the biggest area where the teaching of the Church is not well-known."
Bishop Taylor, who is fluent in Spanish and has worked in Hispanic ministry for 28 years, said he believes being able to immigrate to another country is an "intrinsic human right."
"They do have a right to immigrate when circumstances require," he said.
He agrees illegal immigration is bad because it is nearly impossible for immigrants, predominantly from Mexico, to come to the United States legally.
"We do support them being here illegally. They have a right to be here," he said. "We are here to serve everybody. Not just Catholics. We are not a country club. We are here to bring the love of Jesus to everybody. They are here because there is no way to get documents, not because they don't want documents. They do not want to immigrate without documents. ... You can't be obliged to do what you can't do. Immigration laws should correspond to the reality."
The 30-page document includes five appendices with additional resources, information on what the U.S. bishops' conference has said and supporting Scripture references. The bishop consulted with several priests and laypeople over the past three months when writing the letter.
Booklets of the letter will be made available in all parishes and missions in English and Spanish.
In order to get parishioners to read and discuss the letter, Bishop Taylor asked Cackie Upchurch, director of Little Rock Scripture Study, to write a three-week Advent study guide for small group sharing.
"The purpose of the pastoral letter is not to just go on record but rather to teach," he said. "People learn not just by reading a document but also by dialoguing and sharing with others, especially if the concepts are new and are hard to get your mind around."
The pastoral letter will be distributed to parishioners on the feast of Christ the King Nov. 23. At the Masses, parishes are also asked to play a recorded homily by Bishop Taylor. The study sessions are expected to be held in churches through Dec. 20.
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You can see what we are dealing with in Little Rock and why Illegals feel comfortable coming here in droves. I no longer go to church because of Bishop Taylor. There is no reasoning with his mind. It's insanity that he preaches. God help us.
Bishop Taylor, who is fluent in Spanish and has worked in Hispanic ministry for 28 years, said he believes being able to immigrate to another country is an "intrinsic human right."
That is an opinion, making matters worse. It mirrors the
umma which to me is extremely offensive.
One of the reasons which, a a Catholic, led me to believe that the church left me, and is now part of the problem. Tolerance for criminal behavior, like charity, ceases to exist when it is coerced. I reject that perversion of "Christian" virtue.
"They do have a right to immigrate when circumstances require," he said.
It is not within the authority of a Bishop, nor should it ever be, to determine what is a secular "right." It's that simple. That is an essential part what separation of church and state means.
They are here because there is no way to get documents, not because they don't want documents.
That is an outright lie, a strange moral imperfection for a Bishop.
It suggests, clearly, that legal immigration from Mexico is prohibited. If he doesn't know better, he has no business pursuing any sort of leadership authority of any kind.
Fortunately, there are clearly more sober and rational minds at work :
