Bishops Complicit In Creating The Chaos Now Call For “Calm”

National Catholic Reporter reports that:

Catholic leaders at the national and local levels are calling for calm, prayer and renewed respect for human life following the Jan. 24 killing of Alex Jeffrey Pretti in Minneapolis, as protests and political disputes intensified over federal immigration enforcement and the circumstances surrounding the shooting.

Archbishop Paul Coakley of Oklahoma City, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, issued a Jan. 25 statement urging restraint and dialogue:

Today, Pope Leo XIV reminds us that ‘the Gospel must be proclaimed and lived in every setting, serving as a leaven of fraternity and peace among all individuals, cultures, religions and peoples.

It is with this in mind that I prayerfully urge calm, restraint, and respect for human life in Minneapolis, and all those places where peace is threatened. Public authorities especially have a responsibility to safeguard the well-being of people in service to the common good.

As a nation we must come together in dialogue, turning away from dehumanizing rhetoric and acts which threaten human life. In this spirit, in unity with Pope Leo, it is important to proclaim, ‘Peace is built on respect for people!’

Archbishop Bernard Hebda of Minneapolis-St. Paul stated:

Following Saturday’s tragic shooting in Minneapolis, I ask all people of good will to join me today in prayer for Alex Jeffrey Pretti, for his parents, and for his loved ones.

The loss of another life amidst the tensions that have gripped Minnesota should prompt all of us to ask what we can do to restore the Lord’s peace. While we rightly thirst for God’s justice and hunger for his peace, this will not be achieved until we are able to rid our hearts of the hatreds and prejudices that prevent us from seeing each other as brothers and sisters created in the image and likeness of God.

That is as true for our undocumented neighbors as it is for our elected officials and for the men and women who have the unenviable responsibility of enforcing our laws. They all need our humble prayers.

It seems somewhat disingenuous for Catholic bishops to be now calling for restraint when they helped to create this problem in the first place.  Under the Biden administration, U.S. bishops accepted billions of taxpayer dollars to help traffic millions of illegal aliens into our nation. Not once did these bishops criticize the Biden administration for allowing migrants to illegally cross our borders. Instead of trying to use what little moral authority they might have left in calling for peace, bishops should be publicly repenting for their role in helping to create this crisis.
 

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