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As a Third-World immigrant who went to a great deal of trouble to come here legally, I cannot respect illegal aliens. And as a naturalized American and a conservative, I believe illegal immigration poses a serious threat to Americas culture and traditions. I have always considered the Catholic Church to be the only incorruptible authority of morality in the West. But the sexual abuse cases and now the cardinals call to defy immigration law make it very hard to respect the church.

Religious leaders are expected to hold enlightened views. But insisting on church support for illegal aliens is a benighted view. It insults every immigrant who took the trouble to come here legally. It sends the message that following the rules does not matter. Is that the message that churches want to send in this age of mass moral confusion?

The Catholic Churchs defiant support for illegal aliens is particularly hypocritical when you consider that this is the same church that refuses to marry American citizens if they have been previously divorced, yet it somehow thinks it has a duty to aid and abet people who have no right to be in the country in the first place. Yes, that is who illegal aliens are -- people who have no right to be here at all.




Crossing the Border Into Gomorrah

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Immigration, Catholicism and America


A look at the relationship between immigration and Catholicism in the United States:

1600s: In original English colonies, Roman Catholics are persecuted for their beliefs.

1632: King Charles I issues a charter to Cecilius Calvert, baron of Baltimore, to settle Maryland. Calvert encourages religious toleration for all Christians, permitting Catholics to practice freely.

1704: Anti-Catholic legislation is enacted in Maryland with the aim of restricting the work of Jesuits.

1776: Catholics make up only 1% of the colonial population.

1820-1920: 4.3 million largely Irish Catholic immigrants settle in the USA. More than 1.5 million German Catholics immigrate to the country.

1832: U.S. Congress chooses Catholic priest as its chaplain.

1845: Irish immigration surges amid Ireland's potato blight.

1880-1920: Millions of Italians nearly all Catholic immigrate to the USA.

1880-1930: More than 2 million Polish immigrants, the majority Catholic, enter the USA.

1906: Catholics, 17% of the U.S. population, are the country's largest religious denomination.

1910: Start of Mexican Revolution prompts more than 680,000 Mexicans to enter the USA over decades.

1928: Alfred E. Smith becomes the first Catholic presidential candidate.

1940-60: More than 545,000 Puerto Ricans move to the U.S. mainland.

1952: Pope Pius XII issues Exsul Familia (Families in Exile), the "Magna Carta for Migrants." In it, the pope says: "The migr Holy Family of Nazareth, fleeing into Egypt, is the archetype of every refugee family."

1960: John F. Kennedy is elected as the first Catholic U.S. president.

1970s: Hispanics from war-torn Central American nations seek haven in the USA. Exodus continues into the '90s.

1972: U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) sponsors the IEncuentro Nacional Hispano de Pastoral, a nationwide gathering designed to help Hispanics share ideas to help their communities.

1999: USCCB reports that since 1960, the Catholic Church has grown by 71%, largely because of Hispanic influx.

2003: Census reports Hispanic Americans have overtaken African-Americans as the nation's largest minority community.

2005: U.S. bishops launch national campaign to expand and strengthen immigrant rights.

2006: The Catholic Church lends a voice to the immigration debate. Priests and parishioners advocate legalization for illegal immigrants. Catholics make up 23% of U.S. population, according to USCCB.



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Los Angeles Cardinal Roger M. Mahony, a leading voice for immigration reform, is urging immigrants and their supporters not to participate in a boycott of jobs, schools and consumer activity that some activists are organizing for May 1.

Armando Navarro, a boycott supporter and ethnic studies department chair at UC Riverside, said he respected but disagreed with Mahony's stance.

Now that immigrants have displayed their political power through massive marches, he said, the next step is to demonstrate their economic clout.

The cardinal's opposition "will make things a little more difficult, but it won't stop the wind in our sails," Navarro said. "No one person controls the destiny of the movement."



Mahony Asks Migrants to Skip Boycott

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Some Catholics are confused by the church's willingness to disregard a law it terms unjust.

If Catholics are morally obligated to care for the vulnerable, to what extent are immigrants morally bound to respect a country's laws, they ask.

To incite people to ignore the law that's being (proposed) to help the illegal immigrants -- that in my opinion is wrong,'' said Vincent Kilbride, who is a lifelong Catholic. The teachings of the church say help the people that need help; nowhere in the Bible does it say illegal.''

Leaming quoted several recent public opinion polls that show a large majority of Americans don't want their houses of worship to become too political, whether on issues of abortion, gay rights or immigration.

The bishops are welcoming divisiveness and turmoil'' by supporting one side in the immigration debate, he said. Many, many people go to their places of worship not to be lectured on the political topics of the day.''


Word of God now includes immigration politics

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Some prominent political and religious leaders oppose an immigrant-led economic boycott planned for Monday, saying it could undermine progress in the Senate on immigration reform legislation.

Roman Catholic Cardinal Roger Mahoney of Los Angeles and Cardinal Sean OMalley of Boston, in Houston on Friday for meetings about the bill, agreed that supporters of immigrant rights should go to work and school Monday.

I think any kind of action or strategy that could give us a negative backlash of some kind is not helpful in passing the legislation we need, Mahoney said. Lets take steps that bring about a positive result.




Boycott could spur backlash, clerics warn

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Cardinal Roger Mahony violates his own office when calling for his priests to defy U. S. Immigration Laws. This according to Stanley Interrante, host of the Catholic News & Views Radio show, when he appeared in a seven minute rebuttal video blog with Cardinal Mahony on the Full Disclosure Network (FDN).

This rebuttal video blog is available for viewing FREE as a public service of FDN. Also appearing on the video blog is L. A. County Sheriff Lee Baca and host Leslie Dutton.


Cardinal Antagonizes Catholics on Immigration Stance

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Chairman of the US Bishops' Committee on Refugees and Migrants, Bishop Gerald Barnes, used that tried and true liberal tactic blaming America - in his May 31 interview in the Zenit News Agency article titled, Bishop Barnes on US Immigration Policy.


Here are only some of the distortions he told:


1. "Families (of illegal aliens) are kept apart for lack of legal means to reunify in a timely manner."

Comment Barnes tries to make the case that the bad, old USA is keeping families apart. This is a Catholic lie! "Family reunification" is easy the illegal aliens can go back to Mexico!


2. "There is today an average of one migrant (read illegal alien) death per day along our southern border with Mexico, underscoring the desperation of migrants and the inadequacies of our system."

Comment Again, Barnes tries to blame the USA for deaths along the border. This is a Catholic lie! The REAL culprits are the Catholic Church and the ruling class that has kept Latin America in bondage and poverty for 500 years.


3. "The bishops believe that if comprehensive reforms were made...including greater legal avenues to obtain employment and to reunify with relatives here, there would be fewer people crossing the border illegally..."

Comment This is a BIG Catholic lie! If Congress did what the Catholic Church wants, there would not be "fewer people crossing the border," but MORE crossing the border.


The Roman Catholic Church an enemy of the United States. Are you praying daily that God protect the USA from illegal immigration and the Roman Catholic Church?



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Chairman of the US Bishops' Committee on Refugees and Migrants, Bishop Gerald Barnes, used that tried and true liberal tactic blaming America - in his May 31 interview in the Zenit News Agency article titled, "Bishop Barnes on US Immigration Policy."


Here are only some of the distortions he told:


1. "Families (of illegal aliens) are kept apart for lack of legal means to reunify in a timely manner."

Comment Barnes tries to make the case that the bad, old USA is keeping families apart. This is a Catholic lie! "Family reunification" is easy the illegal aliens can go back to Mexico!


2. "There is today an average of one migrant (read illegal alien) death per day along our southern border with Mexico, underscoring the desperation of migrants and the inadequacies of our system."

Comment Again, Barnes tries to blame the USA for deaths along the border. This is a Catholic lie! The REAL culprits are the Catholic Church and the ruling class that has kept Latin America in bondage and poverty for 500 years.


3. "The bishops believe that if comprehensive reforms were made...including greater legal avenues to obtain employment and to reunify with relatives here, there would be fewer people crossing the border illegally..."

Comment This is a BIG Catholic lie! If Congress did what the Catholic Church wants, there would not be "fewer people crossing the border," but MORE crossing the border.


The Roman Catholic Church an enemy of the United States. Are you praying daily that God protect the USA from illegal immigration and the Roman Catholic Church?




Catholic Bishop - Blaming America for Illegal Immigration

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More proof of his dream world, Mahony says people are afraid and feel impotent due to the security threat and use illegals as a scapegoat. He says the "bad economy" fuels anger and the only reason the issue gained momentum on talk radio is that people are hurting economically.

Corrections: (a) The illegal issue was a problem long before 9-11. What's different now is that Washington is paying attention; (b) The economy isn't bad; and (c) It's clear he doesn't listen to conservative talk radio a pity, since he might learn something because the illegal problem was discussed long before 9-11.

Agreeing or disagreeing with Cardinal Mahoney is one thing, but there's a more important issue. Mahony used the authority of his position as a priest and cardinal to distort the reality of illegal aliens, to involve other Catholics in his blatant declaration to flout the law and, to not-so-subtly intimidate Catholics into believing that what he says carries the authority a Church mandate.

He can bury it in piety, cover it in religiosity and layer it with Catholic guilt, but none of that changes the fact that he's wrong about illegal aliens and the obligation of the Church and Catholics.




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While the bishop was talking about the political turmoil over illegal immigration and the U.S. bishops' response to it, parishioner Mary Ann Yarbrough stood up.

"You know the feelings that are in this room and what people are upset about," she said, citing the Spanish-language confirmation Mass.

Yarbrough said the English-speaking parishioners have tried to be welcoming to the Hispanics. But many feel the newcomers have not reciprocated and that the Anglos' contributions are not valued.

The bishop was told he had been insensitive, and he apologized, saying, "I never meant to be insensitive."

Much of the discussion during the 90-minute session touched on opinions about illegal immigration: People shouldn't break the law to enter the U.S.; people who do come here should learn English; people who want to live in America should not wave Mexican flags.



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