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Committee on Migration of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops

He joked about using the occasion as a platform to urge compassion on the immigration bill, which has been one of this year's most volatile topics at the Capitol. While he chuckled about the prospects, the issue is clearly top-of-mind for a man who is now at the forefront of discussion about immigration policy in America. In November, he was named chairman of the Committee on Migration of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Ref. https://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,695255502,00.html

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What Jesus Would Do At The Border:

A dedicated coalition of volunteers and faith groups have banded together at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in downtown McAllen to create an oasis of relief for the ever-increasing number of immigrant families crossing the border between the U.S. And Mexico. Ref. Source 2

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Its fine for what Jesus would do but would they think the same? If it was the opposite and we were invading their country, taking jobs, living off the land illegally would they be standing at the border asking what Jesus would do? Let's save America and not try to bring idealism into this because there are laws for a reason just as god has laws for a reason.

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Pope Francis implored Catholic institutions throughout Europe to show mercy to the flood of refugees arriving on their shores by offering them shelter.

"Every parish, every religious community, every monastery, every sanctuary of Europe has to host a family, starting from my diocese of Rome," Francis said at the end of his Angelus prayers in Rome today.

"The two parishes in the Vatican these days will welcome two families of refugees." Ref. CNN

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Pope Francis pleaded with the United States to care for migrants at its southern border, calling the "Forced migration" of thousands of Central Americans a "Humanitarian crisis."

Before celebrating Mass, the Pope prayed at a memorial to migrants in Juarez, Mexico, just across the border from the United States. Ref. CNN.

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O.C.'s diocese warns parishes to prepare for ICE

Parishes in Orange County are preparing for encounters with immigration officers after a mistaken report that an Immigration and Customs Enforcement van was at a church. An ICE spokeswoman said: “We ask the public to ... Verify before you vilify.” Ref. Source 6f.

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Yes, verify before you vilify. One would think the Catholic Church would be the first to follow that tenet but apparently they aren't. So they instruct their parishioners and parishes about something that is just rumor and hasn't really happened. I think they owe ICE and the Government an apology.