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Some liberals are encouraging the Catholic Church to defy the law.(Brief article)
* Some liberals are encouraging the Catholic Church to defy the law. They claim that a Republican bill going through Congress will prohibit soup kitchens from serving illegal immigrants. Roger Cardinal Mahony of Los Angeles has announced that he will direct priests in his archdiocese to break the law if it passes. Bill Press applauds his stand, saying that the bill is "anti-American" and "anti-Christian." Before they go to their libraries to remember what Aquinas says about obeying unjust laws, might we suggest that Mahony and Press take the trouble to read the bill in question? Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R., Wis.) is ...
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...at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, 2431 E. Admiral Blvd...and businesses that hire illegal immigrants are a high priority...he said. The number of illegal immigrants living in Tulsa is not...churches and events where illegal immigrants gather peacefully...
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...worker program for illegal immigrants who entered the...respond like the Catholic Church has, like the...continue to draw more illegal immigrants such as Antonio...chart Chart: Illegal immigrants SOURCE: Pew Hispanic...
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...and dignity being affected. The (Catholic) Church has a role for speaking out for these...organization recently began urging illegal immigrants to boycott the 2010 U.S. Census...step into the shoes of the everyday illegal immigrants about whom it's centered. That...
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...Malaysia to the problem of illegal immigrants has run into trouble. Since...women gathered outside a Roman Catholic church in Kuala Lumpur. It was Palm...have also arrested Muslim illegal immigrants in mosques, where they have...
- Philadelphia Officials Study Illegal Immigrants' Mexican Identification.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News February 2, 2003 700+ words
...cloaked existence as undocumented workers and jammed into a Catholic church hall. The mild-mannered petitioners with well-worn...wallet-size prizes meant largely to improve the lot of illegal immigrants: "matriculas consulares." Mexico has issued more than...
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- Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) Iwasaki, John May 9, 2007 700+ words
...launch of a new sanctuary movement designed to protect illegal immigrants from deportation and spur immigration reform. Announcements...Seattle, said the Rev. Tony Haycock of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Seattle. Temple Beth Am, a Reform Judaism congregation...
- Cardinal gets mixed reaction for backing illegal immigrants.
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) May 1, 2006 700+ words
...Allee, 41, of Burbank disagreed with Mahony, saying illegal immigrants "should stay where they belong," in their native countries...It has served him well as "the center of gravity of the Catholic Church" in the United States moves to the Southwest where Latinos...
Source: HighBeam Research, Some liberals are encouraging the Catholic Church to defy the...