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Address "emergency" of illegal immigration, Pope urges


Castel Gandolfo, Sep. 1, 2008 (CWNews.com) - At his midday audience on Sunday, August 31, Pope Benedict XVI (bio - news) urged international leaders to address the "emergency" of illegal immigration.

In his remarks to several thousand people who had gathered in the courtyard of the summer papal residence at Castel Gandolfo, the Holy Father spoke particularly about the immigrants traveling from Africa to Europe. But he broadened his remarks to include all countries affected by today's unprecedented volume of migration.

People have moved from country to country "since the dawn of human history," the Pope remarked. But the scope of the phenomenon today has made migration an issue that must be confronted.

While the refugees who are fleeing "unsustainable" situations in their native lands deserve our sympathy and solidarity, the Pope continued, the situation also requires an "effective policy response." The countries to which illegal immigrants are traveling should develop means of accommodating their needs and protecting their fundamental rights, the Pope said. At the same time, he challenged the immigrants' countries of origin to show "a sense of accountability" for the problem and to "address and remove the cause of illegal immigration."

The Pope's remarks-- which were a general call to address the problem of immigration, rather than a blueprint for any specific solution-- came after his comments on the day's Gospel reading, in which Jesus rebukes Peter for "a faith that is still immature and rited to the thinking of this world." Peter, following ordinary human logic, assumes that "God would never allow his Son to end his mission by dying on the Cross," the Pope said. Jesus, however, knows that his Crucifixion is a fixed part of the divine plan.

Peter, the Pope continued, is motivated by "good faith and sincere love for the Master." But because he sees things only from a human perspective, his words to Jesus take the form of "a temptation: an invitation to save Himself, when it is only by sacrificing his life that he receives new and eternal life for us all."

Without the Cross there can be no Resurrection, the Pope observed. And Jesus knows that "the Resurrection will be the final word," the resolution of all human problems. Pope Benedict concluded his meditation on the Gospel by urging the faithful to embrace the Cross in this own lives, and thus unite themselves to Christ as He "brings to completion the work of salvation."
http://www.catholicculture.org/news/fea ... cnum=60170

This news story is not so important for what it says but it is extremely important for WHAT IT DOESN'T SAY (and has omitted). During the papal address talked about in this article by the Catholic Culture web site the Pope ALSO…[b][color=red]urged illegals to be aware of “the very grave risks they run in the search to better their conditionsâ€

I seriously think that Catholicism has seen a serious decline in membership, and is probably still reeling from the priest-sex scandals and the coverups. While Pope Benedict is facing the problem of illegals head-on in that address, there are churches, especially in the US, who look to increasing their membership (and tithes) by any means possible.

Illegal immigration in Europe is primarily into Catholic majority countries turning them more Moslem while the illegal immigration into America a primarily Protestant country turns it more Catholic.

I think they are convinced that "their" way is right and that the US can only benefit from a greater influx of their kind. If that were true why do they have to spend so much time at Capitol Hill asking for more money?

Originally Posted by Captainron

I think they are convinced that "their" way is right and that the US can only benefit from a greater influx of their kind. If that were true why do they have to spend so much time at Capitol Hill asking for more money?

Who is asking for money?
Not Catholics?

How about the Pope dips into the Vatican treasury and gives us a couple of billion dollars to help defray costs.

Originally Posted by ReggieMay

How about the Pope dips into the Vatican treasury and gives us a couple of billion dollars to help defray costs.

The Pope needs to send more clergy to the third world to help these people in their own countries to become more civilized and educated. The Catholic church has NO RIGHT to encourage illegal immigration and illegal occupation of areas where these illegal aliens have chosen to break into in other countries. If the Catholic church wants to be so "benevolent," then they can be benevolent by sending their clergy into areas that are in dire need, instead of setting their clergy up in cushy places to encourage the masses to break immigration laws of Western countries.

Originally Posted by Richard

Illegal immigration in Europe is primarily into Catholic majority countries turning them more Moslem while the illegal immigration into America a primarily Protestant country turns it more Catholic.

England is protestant and the Muslims are taking over that nation also. Ireland is catholic and is being taken over by protestant Eastern Europeans who are being taken over by Muslims. It is all part of the plan for a one world Government with no individual cultures.

England is protestant and the Muslims are taking over that nation also. Ireland is catholic and is being taken over by protestant Eastern Europeans who are being taken over by Muslims. It is all part of the plan for a one world Government with no individual cultures.

You got that right! Muslims are taking over the world and have their people in place. Everytime they put their religion into our schools we lose a little more.

Has that Muslim highschool, in NY, ever turned it's curriculum over? Italy and Australia are having trouble with them too. What nation isn't?

Check out the set of autobiography's called "Princess Sultana and Princess Sultana's Daughter. Unfreaking Real!!!