Posted on 10/26/2010 8:34:04 AM PDT by fabrizio
"The Church recognizes this right in every human person, in its dual aspect of the possibility to leave one’s country and the possibility to enter another country to look for better conditions of life" (Message for World Day of Migration 2001, 3; cf. John XXIII, Encyclical Mater et Magistra, 30; Paul VI, Encyclical Octogesima adveniens, 17). At the same time, States have the right to regulate migration flows and to defend their own frontiers, always guaranteeing the respect due to the dignity of each and every human person. Immigrants, moreover, have the duty to integrate into the host Country, respecting its laws and its national identity. "The challenge is to combine the welcome due to every human being, especially when in need, with a reckoning of what is necessary for both the local inhabitants and the new arrivals to live a dignified and peaceful life" (World Day of Peace 2001, 13).
In this context, the presence of the Church, as the People of God journeying through history among all the other peoples, is a source of trust and hope. Indeed the Church is "in Christ like a sacrament or as a sign and instrument both of a very closely knit union with God and of the unity of the whole human race" (Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Dogmatic Constitution Lumen gentium, 1); and through the action within her of the Holy Spirit, "the effort to establish a universal brotherhood is not a hopeless one" (Idem, Pastoral Constitution Gaudium et spes, 38). It is the Holy Eucharist in particular that constitutes, in the heart of the Church, an inexhaustible source of communion for the whole of humanity. It is thanks to this that the People of God includes "every nation, race, people, and tongue" (Rev 7:9)"
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And, you are the one who used the term "grantor", not "guarantor". I was addressing the term "grantor" which you used. Methinks you are a bit confused.Your lack of understanding doesn't make me the one who is confused.
since long before you came to lower the average IQIgnorance, insults and name calling is all you've been able to exhibit so far.
The signers of the Declaration actually did something no Pope has ever done. They found a way to guarantee the rights of man. Tell me again about what ANY Pope has done besides give lip service for the rights and "natural law" of not just Catholics and Christians but all men in chains all over the world...
Apparently you like name calling and insults. I can play by your rules too.
Do you want to talk about the deafening silence from the Pope and Catholics about the rights of children and their "natural law" and the hypocrisy of the church in their cover ups Mr. big mouth hypocrite?
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Please ping me to note-worthy Pro-Life or Catholic threads, or other threads of general interest.
Archbishop Burke has always walked the walk. I’ve been following him for years, and he’s a wonderful leader.
Thanks for the ping, My priest is from Columbia and believes in open borders, so we have discussed this subject a bit.
Actually, it's-
"Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free..."
Only because you used quotation marks...BTW, it's from The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus.
Thanks for the correction.
In my addled Alzheimer's brain, I fairly well remembered the qualifying sentiment, but not the correct wording of it. Thanks.
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