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On Syrian refugees, bishops say: Welcome all to the table
National Catholic Reporter ^ | 11/25/15 | Vinnie Rotondaro

Posted on 11/25/2015 1:51:54 PM PST by BlatherNaut

As the United States prepares to celebrate Thanksgiving - a holiday that American legend traces back to a dinner between Native Americans and bedraggled, immigrant pilgrims - some of the country's top political leaders are calling to block the arrival of Syrian refugees, would-be immigrants fleeing chaos and possible death in the Middle East, a situation some think the U.S. may have helped create.

In the wake of the Nov. 13 Paris terrorist attacks, newly elected U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) said the U.S. government needs to "balance our compassion and our safety," when it comes to processing refugees from Iraq and Syria, who would otherwise undergo a rigorous screening process, taking up to two years, and including multiple interviews and security checks...

...But American Catholic leadership is singing a very different tune. In statements and action alerts sent out post-Paris attacks, the USCCB strongly rejected this line of reasoning.

(Excerpt) Read more at ncronline.org ...


TOPICS: Catholic; Current Events
KEYWORDS: bishops; catholic; refugees; syrian
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"In 2014, your tax dollars paid 97% of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops Migration Fund budget"
1 posted on 11/25/2015 1:51:54 PM PST by BlatherNaut
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To: BlatherNaut

Yes, everyone’s welcome – Kumbaya


2 posted on 11/25/2015 1:54:15 PM PST by choctaw man (Good ole Andrew Jackson, or You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma...)
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How many of the “Refugees” is the good Bishop personally sponsoring without any taxpayer funding?


3 posted on 11/25/2015 2:04:31 PM PST by MNJohnnie ( Tyranny, like Hell, is not easily conquered)
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a situation some think the U.S. may have helped create.

America is not responsible for the civil wars, or sectarian wars of muslims.

4 posted on 11/25/2015 2:07:46 PM PST by 48th SPS Crusader (I am an American. Not a Republican or a Democrat)
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[How many of the “Refugees” is the good Bishop personally sponsoring without any taxpayer funding?]

Apparently the Catholic Bishops got the “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s and Give to God what is God’s” message mixed up.


5 posted on 11/25/2015 2:10:24 PM PST by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord.)
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Let them move into Vatican City? Oh my, what a touching gesture. I approve!


6 posted on 11/25/2015 2:19:18 PM PST by A_perfect_lady
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To: choctaw man

If the bishops want these guys, then they can take them into their own houses and take care of them.


7 posted on 11/25/2015 2:20:07 PM PST by Parmy
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To: BlatherNaut

Twenty-five Americans are killed each day by an illegal alien, either a drunk driver or a murderer. The bishops, who call constantly for more illegal aliens, never acknowledge the deaths, the disease, the expense, the social upheaval.


8 posted on 11/25/2015 2:31:27 PM PST by Arthur McGowan
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To: BlatherNaut

The Constitution is not a suicide pact.

We do not have to import anyone.

We should not import anyone bent on destroying us.

All muslims are obligated by their faith to see sharia replace the Constitution.


9 posted on 11/25/2015 2:43:09 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: BlatherNaut
Within the next 10 years of so America will be a Muslim nation. It will only take another 100 million of them to be able to select laws and politicians they want to. Rest of Americans are so damn dumb they have no idea where even the toilet is.
10 posted on 11/25/2015 2:47:10 PM PST by Logical me
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To: BlatherNaut

Sure, serve Bacon wrapped Ham drizzled with a tasty liqueur.


11 posted on 11/25/2015 2:50:15 PM PST by Paladin2 (my non-desktop devices are no longer allowed to try to fix speling and punctuation, nor my gran-mah.)
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I don’t care if the Bishops support taking in people who supposedly are fleeing war (s-u-p-p-o-s-e-d-l-y), but then I (as a Catholic) should see a commensurate response from the Bishops. What I mean is, all of them should insist we pray each and every Sunday for the conversion of all the Muslims in the world, especially those entering the U.S. All the Bishops should insist on teaching how Islam is filled with errors. All Bishops should insist on supporting Christians in the Middle East. Anything less is just supporting political Liberalism.


12 posted on 11/25/2015 3:10:50 PM PST by vladimir998 (Apparently I'm still living in your head rent free. At least now it isn't empty.)
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How many of the “Refugees” is the good Bishop personally sponsoring without any taxpayer funding?

...for the rest of their lives? Zero.
13 posted on 11/25/2015 3:18:58 PM PST by Girlene
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To: BlatherNaut

That piece is full of lies...Apparently that can be overlooked by your pope...

The vast majority are not women and children...They are military men who are coming in soon to be by the hundreds of thousands...

These people hate America and Americans...We are infidels, the Great Satan to them...


14 posted on 11/25/2015 3:44:55 PM PST by Iscool (Izlam and radical Izlam are different the same way a wolf and a wolf in sheeps clothing are differen)
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To: BlatherNaut

Did they say we all worship the same God?


15 posted on 11/25/2015 4:10:17 PM PST by Old Yeller (Obama's Iran nuclear deal - The Devil is in the details.)
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"On Syrian refugees, bishops say: Welcome all to the table"

Maybe if the table is a really, really heavy one and I can't find anyone who doesn't want to kill me to help move it.

16 posted on 11/25/2015 4:21:01 PM PST by moehoward
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To: Iscool
With Open Gates: The forced collective suicide of European nations
17 posted on 11/25/2015 5:59:17 PM PST by BlatherNaut
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To: BlatherNaut

More propaganda from the CINO ministry.


18 posted on 11/25/2015 6:21:48 PM PST by mosesdapoet (My best insights get lost in FR's because of meaningless venting no one reads.)
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To: BlatherNaut

From the
Fishwrap??

Don’t believe a word of it.


19 posted on 11/25/2015 7:51:34 PM PST by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: BlatherNaut

20 posted on 11/25/2015 7:54:37 PM PST by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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