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The Pope’s “Distorted Vision”

Cross-posted on the Corner. I don’t know whether his views on this matter are driven by authoritarianism (Peronism dies hard), a theocratic contempt for national borders or simple bone-headedness, but, in an interview with the Italian newspaper La Repubblica Pope … Continue reading

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Pope Francis: the Man with the Answers

Cross-posted on the Corner. AP: Pope Francis has encouraged Europeans to welcome refugees, calling authentic hospitality “our greatest security against hateful acts of terrorism.” Francis Saturday spoke to alumni of Jesuit schools in Europe who were in Rome for a … Continue reading

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Pope Francis: Seeing What He Wants To See

Pope Francis on Good Friday: The Guardian: Pope Francis decried what he called Europe’s “indifferent and anaesthetised conscience” over refugees, during Good Friday prayers in Rome during which he also criticised pedophile priests, arms dealers and fundamentalists. Tens of thousands … Continue reading

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Is A Papal Lecture on US Immigration on the Way?

Cross-posted on the Corner: Will Pope Francis use the privileged platform—an address to Congress—that he has been given (why?) by Speaker Boehner next month to say something about immigration? Roll Call: Many advocates for revamping immigration laws have tried to … Continue reading

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The Pope Goes To Strasbourg

Pope Francis gave a speech at the EU parliament last week. There were the usual leftist themes that we have come to expect from this pope (“we encounter certain rather selfish lifestyles, marked by an opulence which is no longer … Continue reading

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Not Quite So Focused on the Constitution Now

Cross-posted on the Corner (under a different title). The US Conference of Catholic Bishops: WASHINGTON—Bishop Eusebio Elizondo, M.Sp.S., auxiliary bishop of Seattle and chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) Committee on Migration, welcomed the news today that … Continue reading

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Bishops for ‘Executive Action’

With the US waiting to hear what type of ‘executive action’ Obama will announce with respect to illegal immigrants tomorrow, this item from the National Catholic Reporter is worth noting: In a little noted letter, two bishops chairing committees of … Continue reading

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Wenski Demands Action: Please Fill My Pews

Here’s Miami’s Roman Catholic archbishop Wenski writing from, so to speak, his tax-exempt pulpit, with an attack on the position that the Republican-controlled House has taken on immigration ‘reform’: As the Archbishop of Miami, a region with more than one … Continue reading

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O’Malley’s Photo Opportunity

Boston’s “Cardinal Sean” pulls a cheap stunt: NOGALES, Ariz. — At a Mass held under the shadow of the border fence this morning, Cardinal Sean O’Malley, the archbishop of Boston called on Congress for comprehensive immigration reform this year. “The … Continue reading

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Connect the Dots

From The Economist: Together with a general migration from the north-east and Midwest towards the sunbelt, the number of people leaving the faith has led to a shrinking of Catholicism in its former heartlands…. This shrinking has been offset by … Continue reading

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