Bishops defend Catholic Charities work with migrants, refugees as obedience to Jesus

[pnwmom]

“Catholic Charities agencies serve migrants not because they are newcomers to the U.S., but because they are vulnerable and in need, like all those we serve. This work is a response to the Gospel mandate to feed the hungry, clothe the naked and welcome the stranger,” the CCUSA website states.

Catholic Charities agencies provide essential services, such as food, clothing and a place to sleep, as part of how the church puts the Gospel mandate from Jesus Christ into action.

Federal, state, and local governments have asked some Catholic Charities agencies — especially those near the U.S.-Mexico border — to assist migrants the federal government has processed and released with pending immigration court proceedings. Others also offer legal assistance to migrants navigating the complicated immigration legal system.

https://catholicreview.org/bishops-defend-catholic-charities-work-with-migrants-refugees-as-obedience-to-jesus/

[Skittles]

1. it's actually just what any decent human being would do

but religions sure like taking credit

[pnwmom]

5. This isn't about taking credit.. They're trying to TEACH it, in the face of other Christians

who, more and more, are buying into the MAGA world.

[Skittles]

6. and *I* am saying

religion is not a requirement to be a decent human being

[pnwmom]

8. Nobody said religion was a requirement. But treating migrants as equal human beings

is a requirement. And that happens to be a longstanding teaching of that church, unlike some others.

[Skittles]

10. tells me their "faith" is a bunch of bullshit

they don't even behave like decent human beings

[BoRaGard]

2. G.O.P. on the other hand, is obedient to Greed

the repubes have no use at all for Christ's real teachings

[surfered]

3. Republican Christians don't believe in welcoming the stranger.

[Norrrm]

4. That's the old woke/liberal Jesus.

[Stinky The Clown]

7. Catholic Charities was a client of mine for several decades.

I am personally areligious, although raised Catholic.

I provided a technical service of a type provided to many client types.

I also provided the same service to other similar organizations.

In my experience, they are second to none in providing love and support to - quite literally - anyone who needed their services, even to those living or acting in ways antithetical to Catholicism.

I never heard any proselytizing, Not to say it didn't happen, but for sure never that I was aware.

[pnwmom]

9. That has been my experience. I could refer people to Catholic Charities

and not be concerned that the charity came with any strings attached.