Kansas bishops say unnecessary raids, mass detention betray Gospel

[pnwmom]

The Catholic bishops of Kansas Aug. 14 called on the faithful to remember the dignity of every person, "especially those fleeing hardship," and urged public officials "to use existing legal discretion to treat undocumented migrants humanely."

"Unnecessary raids, mass detentions, and family separations betray the values of our nation and the Gospel," they wrote in a joint pastoral letter on immigration. "We urge the faithful to encounter immigrants as neighbors and build welcoming parishes where politics never poisons compassion."

"We speak with one voice to affirm the sacred dignity of every human person, especially those fleeing hardship, who now call our state home," the bishops said. "Amid political division and fear, we remind our communities that at the center of every immigration debate are real people: families in our pews, children in our schools, workers in our neighborhoods, and volunteers in our parishes. Their bishops see, pray, and stand with them."

Addressed to "the people of God in Kansas and to all people of good will," the pastoral was signed by Archbishop W. Shawn McKnight of Kansas City, Bishop Carl A. Kemme of Wichita and Bishop Gerald L. Vincke of Salina. They released the pastoral on their respective diocesan websites

.https://www.ncronline.org/kansas-bishops-say-unnecessary-raids-mass-detention-betray-gospel

[speak easy]

1. Blessed are the billionaires

for they shall have great mansions in heaven.

[paleotn]

2. Romans 12:13 Contribute to the needs of the saints; extend hospitality to strangers.

Matthew 25:36 I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me.

Deuteronomy 10:19 You shall also love the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.

Deuteronomy 27:19 Cursed is anyone who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow

Psalms 146: 9 The Lord watches over the strangers; he upholds the orphan and the widow...

It's pretty damn clear on the subject.

Funny, I was raised protestant evangelical. Dropped all that in early adulthood. but a few times on a few subjects, I find myself in agreement with the Roman Catholics of all people, and most definitely NOT with the religion of my upbringing. I was raised to believe Catholics were all popish heretics. The infamous whore of Babylon from The Revelation, with the Pope as Antichrist. Been that way since Luther, Calvin and Knox and never changed in fundy Protestantism. Such irony!

[Arazi]

3. This kind of thing is what the Catholic Church should be doing. More of this please

[Biophilic]

4. The new religious wars are going to be brutal.

[Timeflyer]

5. Hey--doesn't Project 2025 have "God" and "biblical" all over it? It's the MAGA playbook now, isn't it?

[hatrack]

6. Sounds like they've been reading about that "Jesus" guy . . . .

Get over it, Rev.

New sheriff in town - or maybe you missed the memo.