[NYer]

Just received an announcement today that our parish priest, along with several others, are being reassigned. Our new pastor ...

... Born and raised in a small Christian village in Syria, Reverend Alaa Issa grew up in the Catholic minority and felt called to the priesthood. He entered seminary in Lebanon, but war broke out and disrupted his studies. Assisted by his local bishop, Fr. Alaa completed his education in Washington, D.C. and served in the Eparchy of St. Maron of Brooklyn, an Eastern Rite church. In December 2012, he returned to Syria for his ordination, giving light and hope to locals. Shortly thereafter, he traveled back to the U.S. to better his English, continue his training and serve parishes. He is currently a pastoral administrator in Tequesta, Fla., where he has increased his parish community from 30 to nearly 80 families and recently dedicated a new church.

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May our Lord bless him on his journey. Welcome, Fr. Issa!

Catholic ping.

[Travis McGee]

[OddLane]

"...merciless stereotypes."

Stereotypes exist for a reason.

Also, I don't think Christianity, Roman Catholicism or otherwise, enjoins someone to welcome an invasion of that person's country or continent or community.

Send Them To Saudi Arabia

[Carbonsteel]

This so called refugee crisis is little more than a Trojan horse for Muslin invaders.

We shouldn’t be allowing Muslims to immigrate to any Western nation, much less the United States.

[bgill]

Depends on the definition of “refugee”.

[lulu16]

There are some refugees who are carrying their pet dogs and cats. Since muslims hate dogs, I wonder what is going on. If these are folks are Christian, then they should be helped.

ww.care2.com/causes/syrian-refugees-carry-beloved-pets-hundreds-of-miles.html

[gasport]

http://pjmedia.com/blog/europes-migrant-crisis-is-simply-muslim-history-vs-western-fantasy/

The world as understood by Islamic nations varies wildly from the Western nations’ understanding of the world. Whereas Muslims see the world through the lens of history, the West has jettisoned or rewritten history to suit its ideologies. This dichotomy of Muslim and Western thinking is evident everywhere. When the Islamic State declared that it will “conquer Rome” and “break its crosses,” few in the West realized that those are the verbatim words and goals of Islam’s founder and his companions as recorded in Muslim sources — words and goals that prompted over a thousand years of jihad on Europe. Most recently, the Islamic State released a map of the areas it plans on expanding into over the next five years. Not only are Mideast and Asian regions included, but the map includes European lands: Portugal, Spain, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Greece, parts of Russia, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Romania, Armenia, Georgia, Crete, and Cyprus.

[trebb]

Soon, the advice will be, if one blows up a big, populated structure, we should turn the other Mall....

[Kickass Conservative]

A Liberal’s Compassion begins and ends in a Conservative’s Wallet.