Their fate isn’t the fault of the church though, its the governments that make decisions about immigration.I’ve never understood how the Church could seemingly stand with illegal immigration seeing as how the people are treated by those “helping” them to get where they want. It is SOOOO dangerous and so many evil things happen. So many girls get sold as sex slaves and if not, just get used and sometimes are killed during the illegal immigration.
As far as I’ve come to understand, I don’t know how it can be considered catholic to be in favor of illegal immigration.
The Catholic church does not stand with illegal immigration but understands why people illegally immigrate. The Church encourages border control and also encourages society to look at and work to solve the issues that cause illegal immigration.I’ve never understood how the Church could seemingly stand with illegal immigration seeing as how the people are treated by those “helping” them to get where they want. It is SOOOO dangerous and so many evil things happen. So many girls get sold as sex slaves and if not, just get used and sometimes are killed during the illegal immigration.
As far as I’ve come to understand, I don’t know how it can be considered catholic to be in favor of illegal immigration.
Perhaps this is because of the universality of the Catholic church. They see issues differently because they can see more clearly the reasons for illegal immigration. Because they are there, working in the midst of it, they can see the poverty that we in America can’t see. We have poverty in America but we can’t understand it the way other countries do and that makes it hard for us to understand the reasons why someone would be so desperate to leave his home and head for a country he doesn’t know and sometimes risk his life to get there.The USCCB may not condone illegal immigration, but out of one side it says a nation has the right to control it’s border and out of the other side it says it is immoral to criminalize illegal immigration.
oh i understand, i’ve seen it. I’d be tempted to do it myself if i was in their position, but that isn’t the point i’m making.Perhaps this is because of the universality of the Catholic church. They see issues differently because they can see more clearly the reasons for illegal immigration. Because they are there, working in the midst of it, they can see the poverty that we in America can’t see. We have poverty in America but we can’t understand it the way other countries do and that makes it hard for us to understand the reasons why someone would be so desperate to leave his home and head for a country he doesn’t know and sometimes risk his life to get there.
Oh I agree and I think what you say is pretty much what the Catholic bishops say:oh i understand, i’ve seen it. I’d be tempted to do it myself if i was in their position, but that isn’t the point i’m making.
my point is that you can’t say it is the right of a nation to maintain its borders and we support and affirm that right but if you exercise your right, you’re immoral and you’re going to burn if you don’t start letting in everyone who wants in.
besides, last time i checked it wasn’t the sole mission of the church to ensure everyone had an easy and pain-free life. I know that doesn’t mean we don’t try to help people, but how can we condemn a nation for protecting itself.
What the Church should be focused on is helping the people where they are, not shifting the problem from one area to another. Help people where they are, if they need to go somewhere else, then help them to get their safely and legally and in the meantime, push for reform in the legal immigration policies of a nation (that doesn’t mean make them give amnesty and open up the border)
You make some very good points I agree with.oh i understand, i’ve seen it. I’d be tempted to do it myself if i was in their position, but that isn’t the point i’m making.
my point is that you can’t say it is the right of a nation to maintain its borders and we support and affirm that right but if you exercise your right, you’re immoral and you’re going to burn if you don’t start letting in everyone who wants in.
besides, last time i checked it wasn’t the sole mission of the church to ensure everyone had an easy and pain-free life. I know that doesn’t mean we don’t try to help people, but how can we condemn a nation for protecting itself.
What the Church should be focused on is helping the people where they are, not shifting the problem from one area to another. Help people where they are, if they need to go somewhere else, then help them to get their safely and legally and in the meantime, push for reform in the legal immigration policies of a nation (that doesn’t mean make them give amnesty and open up the border)