Boston's Cardinal O'Malley: Americans Against Amnesty Have 'Irrational' Fear (Communion thru fence)

Breitbart's Big Government ^ | June 18, 2014 | Dr. Susan Berry

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In a recent interview with the Daily Beast that focused on the “bigotry” and “xenophobia” of Americans who are opposed to amnesty for illegal immigrants, Boston archbishop Cardinal Sean O’Malley said, “Obviously, the fear is not rational, and I think we are dealing with it in an irrational way.”

The Daily Beast’s Christopher Dickey lead up to his discussion with O’Malley about the thousands of illegal immigrant minors flooding the United States following President Obama’s decision to relax their deportations:

The fear and hatred of foreigners is nothing new in the United States, nation of immigrants though it is. O’Malley said he’d been reading up on the Know-Nothings of the 19th century who wanted to limit severely the immigration of Catholics, require them to wait 21 years for naturalization, and allow only Protestants to teach in public schools.

There is a reason there are few stained-glass windows in the Philadelphia cathedral, he said: “Because they knew they would be broken with bricks.” (Indeed, the building was designed during Know-Nothing violence in the 1840s with no windows at all at street level).

Dickey reports O’Malley told him that, in the 20th century, the same sort of xenophobia was turned against immigrants from Latin America and Asia, with the added factor of racism.

The “path to citizenship” for illegal immigrants, O’Malley said, is absolutely essential....

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Did he mention how many he would be boarding in his rectory?

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“The brothers Donilon: One’s boss is President Obama, the other’s could be pope”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the-brothers-donilon-ones-boss-is-president-obama-the-others-could-be-pope/2013/03/10/afec9b04-89a6-11e2-98d9-3012c1cd8d1e_story.html

“Bilderberg 2014 : Full List of Official Attendees”

http://vigilantcitizen.com/latestnews/bilderberg-2014-full-list-official-attendees/

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There is a reason there are few stained-glass windows in the Philadelphia cathedral, he said: “Because they knew they would be broken with bricks.” (Indeed, the building was designed during Know-Nothing violence in the 1840s with no windows at all at street level).

I have never been in a Catholic church, built pre VC II, that had windows, clear or stained, at street level.