Posted on 06/17/2010 8:03:05 PM PDT by NoLibZone
A longtime Catholic scholar is suggesting that bishops consider denying communion to Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and other officials who support the Arizona immigration law.
Anthony Stevens-Arroyo, religious author and outgoing director of Brooklyn College's Center for Study of Religion in Society and Culture, wrote in a column that Catholic leaders are holding back in their condemnation of the law, opening them up to charges of hypocrisy. Given that bishops have in the past threatened to withhold communion to officials who support abortion rights and other issues that run counter to church teaching, Stevens-Arroyo questioned why they weren't applying the same practice here.
"In the face of hideous injustice, words are not enough. Will any of today's bishops deny communion to Catholic officials who vote for this bill and its spawn of imitators in other states? Has censure been voiced against the local sheriff Joe Arpaio (a Catholic) who has led raids on Latinos?" he wrote, while adding that he doesn't personally support denying political figures communion.
Arpaio is the Maricopa County sheriff both loved and loathed for his crackdowns on illegal immigrants in the Phoenix area. He is facing renewed attention, including from religious groups, after he announced this week that he'll launch another raid as soon as the law goes into effect July 29.
The Arizona Ecumenical Council is urging the sheriff to stop what it calls his "excessive, wasteful and divisive campaign."
The director of the Arizona Catholic Conference, which opposes the immigration law, also said he wasn't aware of any religious leaders talking about denying communion to Arpaio and others.
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The Founders recognized that danger of having foreign religions dictating our domestic polices.
A longtime Catholic scholar acting stupidly!
Supporting policies that impose slave wages ON LEGAL IMMIGRANTS IS RACIST!!!!!
Sad for this moron...errr, person.
Why would they? This is the US.
Perhaps they should deny communion to those who are unwilling to follow immigration laws.
“Will any of today’s bishops deny communion to Catholic officials who vote for this bill and its spawn of imitators in other states? ... “ he wrote, while adding that he doesn’t personally support denying political figures communion.
So he’s passionately arguing that others do what he is not prepared to do.
Another Catholic Spock heard from.
Political authorities, for the sake of the common good for which they are responsible, may make the exercise of the right to immigrate subject to various juridical conditions, especially with regard to the immigrants' duties toward their country of adoption. Immigrants are obliged to respect with gratitude the material and spiritual heritage of the country that receives them, to obey its laws and to assist in carrying civic burdens.
good we can tax the catholic church to pay the cost of illegal immigration
It's an old, old habit of the Church of Rome. Why do you think the new Spanish Navy has glass-bottomed boats?
So they can see their previous Spanish Navy.
Ignoramus
Well done. Thanks for posting the relevant teaching. I suppose this guy is another social justice leftist.
Somedays I think I should try to go back to my Catholic roots. Other days I think that I should leave that part of my past far behind.
Its actually easy for me to leave the Catholic church because I see the falsities of the whole mess.
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This guy is a jerk.
Therefore, I would say that if I am an illegal alien, I would not be able to receive communion, because breaking civil law, not in conflict with church law is a sin .
Maybe those are the persons that this person should be addressing!
Where are the libs screaming about separation of church and state?
Second quesion, why are Bishops not denying communion to the Kennedys.
But that snarky statement aside, I say Rome has every right to pursue this with its flock. While I disagree with what they want, we're the more harmed by state (federal) intervention in our policies.
I don't want Rome dictating our policies, but I believe we won't survive long as a free & fair nation (please don't ask me about that) unless we allow all folks, including the Romans, to be fair and participatory members.
Let others lobby, but let Americans decide.
You are reacting to the bad Catholics, like any religion has. You would never hear comments like those of this Catholic “Scholar” during the homilies in my Latin Mass, nor from anyone else associated with the traditional movement. Same goes for issues like abortion, euthanasia, homosexuality, etc.
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