Posted on 07/16/2014 6:33:46 AM PDT by Resettozero
In his message to the “Mexico/Holy See Colloquium on Migration and Development,” Pope Francis characterized the tens of thousands of illegal immigrants that have crossed the U.S. southern border as a product of globalization, suggesting that the phenomenon is happening worldwide.
Francis proclaimed, “Despite the large influx of migrants present in all continents and in almost all countries, migration is still seen as an emergency, or as a circumstantial and sporadic fact, while instead it has now become a hallmark of our society and a challenge.”
Emmer McCarthy for Vatican Radio said Francis expressed his concern for “the tens of thousands of children who migrate alone, unaccompanied, to escape poverty and violence.” He further sympathized, saying that “this is a category of migrants… who cross the border with the United States under extreme conditions and in pursuit of a hope that in most cases turns out to be vain." The Pope added that the amount of those willing to take the dangerous journey “are increasing day by day."
The Argentinean pontiff claims that the illegal immigrants are “forced to emigrate, suffer, and often, die tragically; many of their rights are violated, they are obliged to separate from their families and, unfortunately, continue to be the subject of racist and xenophobic attitudes.”
Finally, the Pope called for everyone to have a new outlook toward “migrants and refugees” and that we should discard previous conceptions of “defensiveness and fear, indifference and marginalization.” Moreover, the world should transform itself from a “throwaway culture” to a culture "capable of building a better, more just and fraternal world."
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Excellent lecture. He could also point out that the $2-a-day people of the world that he spoke about can’t afford to pay $5000 to a coyote. The only option that the $2 people have to immigrate here is to literally SELL THEMSELVES INTO CHATTEL SLAVERY. Do our liberal church friends really want to endorse that?
I wish every person in Washington could hear him... it’s puts the issue in perspective...
You’re right - ‘sharing’ won’t work...
You can not put all Catholics in one bucket like that. Good bye.
Don’t pretend that I did, try to be honest. “The members of the Pope’s church denomination voted for Obama.”, of course means the majority, and you know that.
Maybe Frances can sell some of his lace and silk outfits and give the money to the poor. Those little silk shoes should bring in a pretty penny. And gold is up to $1300 an ounce these days, enough to cover 4 days caring for one immigrant.
I would hope NOT... Somehow liberals have got to get past wanting to 'look good' and move on to "being good"...
Excellent video.
Did you watch that video?
**majority**
That’s not what you said. Please speak the truth.
Don’t be a troll, or an idiot, this is a political site, we know what it means when we say a group or in this case a church denomination votes a particular way, it means the majority of their vote went that way.
This foreigner leads a church denomination that voted for Obama, and now he tells us the Catholic view on this assault on our borders, from his Catholic nations.
I was busy reading Matthew 23.
No, actaully. It won’t. You don’t increase the world’s supply of pie by taking all of our pie away.
You teach other people the recipe and give them no choice but to make their own damn pies.
I totally agree...
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