We must do what is right and just especially to “foreigners who join themselves to the LORD, ministering to him, loving the name of the LORD, and becoming his servants.” Considering what is still happening on our border with Mexico, our government is not righteous or just to foreigners. We Catholics must be alarmed. Consider the following:
“Pew estimates that of the immigrants coming from Latin America, about 63 percent of them are from Mexico, a Catholic stronghold…Mexico is still overwhelmingly Catholic.” We deny them access, lock them away in cages, separate parents from children, and deport them. Ironically, the Catholic Church is in steep decline in the U.S. — but one bright spot is the country's Latinos. However, we’ve darkened that spot with our immigration policies or lack thereof and our very cruel treatment of Mexicans and Central Americans seeking safety and a better life in America.
Also of note: “Hispanics represent one-third of the U.S.'s roughly 70 million Catholics, a share that has risen steadily in recent decades as the number of white Catholics has dropped. Even more significantly as the church looks toward its future, more than half of the millennials who identify as Catholic are Latino, as are two-thirds of millennial Catholic churchgoers.”
America is supposed to be a house of prayer for all peoples from all nations. Many are not joyful in this house. The LORD knows we profane and do not keep our covenant. How long can we continue to think of ourselves as God’s holy mountain?
Deacon David Pierce
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