Why do they make these political statements? They may claim that they are being pastoral, but they should clean house instead. (Even if they do it in the wrong way, how much more can traditionalists be excluded, ignored, or attacked? Oops, remembered Little Rock.) When the Church and the hierarchy is feminized what valuable reform to domestic and parish life can we really expect? Some may rightly draw attention to the bishops' failures to police their priests. But the crisis of leadership is bigger than that. (The "Mommy Church"?)
Reactions:
Hispanic bishops decry ‘disdain for immigrants,’ inaction on immigration reform
Zenit: US Bishops Write Letter to Hispanic Immigrants
the letter (PDF)
Catholic Culture:
Phil Lawler, Clarity, please, on illegal immigration and How Catholics might advance the debate on immigration
Toward a Realistic View of Society by Dr. Jeff Mirus
Crisis Magazine:
John Zmirak, Render Unto Caesar
Christopher Mannion, Is America Just a Protestant Botch?
Joseph A. Varicalli, Divided We Fall (reviewing Peter Brimelow!)
There's also a piece by Mark and Louise Zwick of Casa Juan Diego/the Houston Catholic Worker - Who Should Be Here?
One might infer that they hold to a liberal conception of universal benevolence based on their writings, but I have seen nothing explicit. I don't think there is very little with which an orthodox Catholic would disagree. But showing hospitality to strangers and foreigners does not entail giving them citizenship or increasing the size of the welfare state (which should be done away with). The same system that "forces" migration is also the cause of the welfare state, which is not sustainable. When the U.S. is ready to embrace a lower standard of living for everyone, how many will want to move here? And how many of those already here will return to their homelands instead?
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