In contrast to cultural issues like abortion, homosexuality, and same-sex marriage, leftists are once again in league with their longstanding Christian allies on immigration: The Catholic Church.
Pope Francis has rejected what he calls “hatred, discrimination or exclusion” in Trump’s immigration policies, and even denounced Trump’s migrant deportation plan as a “disgrace.”
Meanwhile, relief agencies like Catholic Charities USA have long been accused of helping facilitate illegal immigration to this country.
In my 2017 article, “Christian goodwill was exploited to ‘globalize’ America,” I examined how the Catholic relief agency Caritas and their “Share the Journey” campaign became part of Catholic social teaching. Schools taught that Jesus Christ was a refugee. More recently, Pope Francis outlined how protecting a country’s borders can stain the soul. This is summed up best in his conclusion that “there are those who work systematically and with every means possible to repel migrants,” and when this is done with “awareness and responsibility” it’s a “grave sin.”
It’s a message the church has hammered home over the years – that migrants and refugees are “forced like Jesus Christ to flee” – thus every decent Christian is obligated to take them in – apparently regardless of the laws of their country.
Recently, two self-professed Catholics — Laura Ingraham and Vice President J.D. Vance — finally addressed the fact that the Catholic church is leading the way with NGOs that have been enabling illegal immigration for decades.
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