Items of Interest
- Migration and Refugee Services
- Fact Finding Mission Reports
- Catholic Church's Position on Immigration Reform
- The Catholic Church's Teaching on Immigration Enforcement
- Catholic Church Teaching on Vulnerable Migrant Populations
- May 21, 2013
Cardinal Dolan Pledges Prayer, Support For Archdiocese Of Oklahoma City - May 21, 2013
Bishop Pates Urges Public Discussion, Greater Scrutiny of Drone Usage in Letter to National Security Adviser, Congressional Leadership - May 21, 2013
Cardinal O’Malley: New Vermont Assisted Suicide Law Reveals Slippery Slope - May 21, 2013
U.S. Groups Form Third Largest Going To World Youth Day In Rio
Other News Releases:
Migration Committee Chair Expresses Support For Alabama Bishops’ Efforts To Reverse Unjust State Immigration Law
WASHINGTON— The chair of the U.S. Bishops’ Committee on Migration, Los Angeles Archbishop José Gomez, has released a statement in support of efforts by the Alabama Catholic bishops and other religious leaders to turn back a new State of Alabama immigration law which would threaten the ministry of the Church.
“The Catholic Church provides pastoral and social services to all persons, regardless of their immigration status,” Archbishop Gomez said in his September 8 statement. “Our mandate is to provide for the pastoral and social care of all of God’s children.Government should not infringe upon that duty, as America’s founding fathers made clear in the U.S. Constitution.”
Archbishop Gomez also called the Administration and Congress to enact comprehensive immigration reform “that balances the rule of law with humanitarian principles.”
Full text of statement follows.
On behalf of the U.S. Catholic bishops, I offer my solidarity with and support to Archbishop Thomas J. Rodi, archbishop of
The Catholic Church provides pastoral and social services to all persons, regardless of their immigration status.Our mandate is to provide for the pastoral and social care of all of God’s children.Government should not infringe upon that duty, as
As chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Migration, I again call upon the Administration and Congress to enact comprehensive immigration reform.Our nation is in great need for a federal solution to the challenge of illegal immigration, one that balances the rule of law with humanitarian principles.
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Keywords: Alabama, immigration, immigration law, Archbishop José Gomez, Migration and Refugee Services, Archbishop Thomas J. Rodi, Bishop Robert J. Baker, USCCB
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