1 posted on
12/11/2002 4:22:01 PM PST by
Dajjal
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2 posted on
12/11/2002 4:23:52 PM PST by
Dajjal
To: Dajjal
I wouldn't get in a sweat about it. This isn't a matter of faith and morals or official Church doctrine. It's what is known as a prudential judgment, what the Pope thinks is best. Catholics are free to disagree.
3 posted on
12/11/2002 4:42:41 PM PST by
Cicero
To: Dajjal
When the Pontiff opens Vatican City to immigration, he'll have standing on this issue.
To: Dajjal
The writer misinterprets the Pope's statements. We are to welcome immigrants, legal or illegal, AS CHRISTIANS AND AS FELLOW HUMAN BEINGS. That doesn't mean we should change the laws to mandate "open borders", it means that if the man in the pew behind you is an illegal immigrant, you still shake his hand, and if he shows up at the soup kitchen in the church basement that you are volunteering for, you feed him.
It's not that difficult a distinction.
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