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  • USCCB backs Alabama bishops’ efforts to reverse immigration law [Archbishop Gomez statement]

    09/11/2011 10:19:56 AM PDT · by Alex Murphy · 40 replies
    Catholic Culture ^ | September 09, 2011
    Archbishop José Gomez of Los Angeles, chairman of the Committee on Migration of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, has issued a statement supporting efforts by Alabama’s bishops to overturn a recently enacted immigration law. “The Catholic Church provides pastoral and social services to all persons, regardless of their immigration status,” Archbishop Gomez said in his statement. “Our mandate is to provide for the pastoral and social care of all of God’s children. Government should not infringe upon that duty, as America’s founding fathers made clear in the US Constitution.” “This new Alabama law makes it illegal for a...