Catholic Bishops to Bannon:"The Bible is clear: welcoming immigrants is indispensable to our faith."

https://www.ncronline.org/news/people/bishops-respond-bannons-allegations-about-supporting-immigrants

Calling it "preposterous," "outrageous" and "insulting," the U.S. bishops responded quickly to former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon's allegation that the Catholic Church supports immigration because it "needs illegal aliens to fill the churches."

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The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops responded with a statement on "Care for Migrants and Refugees" shared on Facebook and Twitter today by James Rogers, chief communications officer.

"This isn't Catholic partisanship," the statement said. "The Bible is clear: welcoming immigrants is indispensable to our faith."

Quoting Genesis, Leviticus and Matthew 25, the bishops' statement argued that their support of immigration is rooted in the Gospel. "Our pro-immigration stance is based on fidelity to God's word and honors the American dream," it says. "For anyone to suggest that it is out of sordid motives of statistics or financial gain is outrageous and insulting."

"Caring about and for the 'Dreamers' is nothing more than trying to carry out that seemingly simple, but ultimately incredibly demanding, commandment," the statement said.

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