{"id":614,"date":"2011-08-09T17:59:00","date_gmt":"2011-08-09T17:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/2011\/08\/archbishop-gomez-on-immigration.html"},"modified":"2019-08-10T14:38:34","modified_gmt":"2019-08-10T19:38:34","slug":"archbishop-gomez-on-immigration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/2011\/08\/archbishop-gomez-on-immigration.html","title":{"rendered":"Archbishop Gomez on Immigration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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I came across this address given by Archbishop Gomez of Los Angeles at the National Knights of Columbus Convention in Denver, Colorado in 2011.<\/p>\n

Here are a few quotes from his address, click on the link at the bottom to read it all.\u00a0 He expresses well why the Church speaks on the topic of immigration and provides some perspective.<\/div>\n
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\u201cThe Church\u2019s perspective on these issues is rooted in Jesus Christ\u2019s teaching that every human person is created in God\u2019s image and has God-given dignity and rights.\u201d<\/span><\/span>
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\u201cIf you and your family are unable to secure life\u2019s necessities in your home country \u2013 due to political instability, economic distress, religious persecution, or other conditions that offend basic human dignity \u2013 you must be free to seek these things in another country.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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\u201cAmerica has always been a nation of justice and law. But as Americans we have also always been a people of generosity, mercy and forgiveness. Unfortunately, our nation\u2019s current response to illegal immigration is not worthy of our national character.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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\u201cVery few people \u2018choose\u2019 to leave their homelands. Emigration is almost always forced upon people by the dire conditions they face in their lives.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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\u201cIn the evening of our lives, [Jesus] told us, our love for God will be judged by our love for him in the person of the least among us. This includes, he said, the immigrant or the stranger.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n
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\u201cThe immigrants I meet every day in my ministry are people of energy and aspiration. They are people who are not afraid of hard work or sacrifice. They are people who have<\/span> courage and the other virtues \u2013 and who value God, family and community.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Address by Archbishop Gomez of Los Angeles<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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