The following is a quote from a “Jim,” on the catholic news agency website, posted after the Bishop’s statement regarding inhumane ICE raids:
“It is rather “inhumane” that about 900 United States citizens are killed every month at the hands of illegal aliens. The Catholic Bishops of the United States love to quote the first paragraph of number 2241 of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. However, I have never heard them quote the second paragraph of 2241.”
The Bishops obviously are being disingenuous in giving the weight of their “ethical outrage” to individuals, whose troubles have been brought on by their own sin. It’s sort of like my confessing to stealing from an employer and then being fired…the priest would then accuse the employer of inhumane treatment by firing me and leaving my family without a bread earner! It defies theological logic!
The federal ICE raids are about as humane as possible considering the fact that illegals are so taking advantage of our humane safety nets; ie., intentionally crossing the border so their children will be born US citizens, stealing ss numbers and identities and cheating all the way around.
Priests and Bishops should be standing up in their pulpits and explaining to any illegals in their congregation that they simply must report their illegal status to federal authorities and follow the law. The Church can certainly aid in the temporary discomforture involved in going back to Mexico but they should not be rationalizing sinful behavior for their own ends.
Their ethical blindness to the thousands of catholics and others who are suffering as a result of illegals is transparent and without justification.
