tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086833995941525990.post7871286662488074975..comments2024-03-22T18:43:00.710-04:00Comments on Unam Sanctam Catholicam: Bishops' support of illegal aliensBonifacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10672810254075072214noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086833995941525990.post-50220063102139349872007-10-02T16:51:00.000-04:002007-10-02T16:51:00.000-04:00For me, and I'm sire for many others, the reason i...For me, and I'm sire for many others, the reason i emphatize with the latin american immigrants, even the illegal ones, is that they so much resemble the other Catholic minorites - Itish & Italian - that struggled in much the same way.<BR/><BR/>America's immigration history is rife with anti-Catholicism, so i think the Catholic Church is right to support these people. I don't mean politically support illegal immigration, i mean offering support to them, such as services, education, training - things that help them build the better life they came to America for.<BR/><BR/>The way I see it, the problem isnt so much the illegal immigrants. The huge majority of them are honset, hardworking people trying to make a better life for themselves and their families; in that way they are remarkably similar to almost every other American immigrant throughout history.<BR/><BR/>The real problem is the system; which makes it so hard for these people to come here illegally. What the Catholic Church should be doing, i think, is offering support to all her children, regardless of their legal status, while working hard to make changes in the system, so that all may come to America to seek the better life they deserve, especially our Catholic brothers and sisters.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11909638162491839868noreply@blogger.com