How about those busted peace activists from Catholilc Workers? Don't stereotype, Richard. Avis on 3/2/06 11:06 AM, Richard at rsierra7@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > It's nice at least one person can do more than stereotype! I oppose the > catholic church and, yes, the protestant far right too, but I'm not so blind > that I can't see there are good persons ensconced within both cocoons. It's > part of our job to dialogue with the better parts and reject the remainder. > /R > > -----Original Message----- > From: NewPacifica@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:NewPacifica@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On > Behalf Of Jim DeMaegt > Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 7:37 AM > To: freekpfk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; kpfklsb_comments@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; > RealPacifica@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; newPacifica@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [NewPacifica] Cardinal Mahony urged Roman Catholics to "make > room in our hearts" for immigrants > > > Thank you Cardinal Mahony. > > Jim D. > --------------------------- > Mahony's Lenten Message Irritates Some at Service > By Teresa Watanabe, Times Staff Writer > March 2, 2006 > > > Stepping up his campaign for humane immigration reform, Los Angeles Cardinal > Roger M. Mahony urged his Roman Catholic flock at a packed Ash Wednesday > service to "make room in our hearts" for immigrants, but his message drew > mixed reviews. > > While many Catholics hailed the cardinal's remarks, delivered on the first > day of the Lenten season at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in > downtown Los Angeles, others expressed anger that he injected politics into > a religious service. > > > > "I came for my ashes, and I don't like him to be so political," said Josee > Kubiak, a 75-year-old Belgian immigrant and retired lab technician. "He has > no business butting in on this." > > Emerging from the cathedral with an ash-smudged cross on her forehead, > Kubiak said she legally immigrated to the United States in 1952, with a > proper sponsor and health checks. But today, she said, "we are overrun with > illegals and they want everything for free. I am very much resentful, and > especially that the Catholic Church wants to support them." > > Dolores Luna, a retired Los Angeles nutrition specialist and > fourth-generation Mexican American, said the church and society needed to > take care of Americans first before opening the doors to more immigrants. > > But Marilyn Carino, 52, a government tax examiner and Filipino immigrant, > hailed Mahony. "The church should be a sanctuary that welcomes everyone no > matter where they come from," she said. > > Mahony said this week that he intended to ask the 288 parishes of the > 5-million member Los Angeles Archdiocese to fast, pray and press for more > tolerant and humane immigration reforms during the 40-day Lenten season of > reflection and penitence. He denounced what he called "hysterical" > anti-immigrant sentiment sweeping the country. > > The remarks drew several "nasty and emotion-filled" calls to the archdiocese > Wednesday from callers demanding harsh measures against undocumented > immigrants, according to archdiocese spokesman Tod Tamberg. But they did not > deter Mahony from reiterating his message to a multicultural crowd of 3,000 > at the noontime service, just a day before the U.S. Senate Judiciary > Committee prepared to open debate on immigration reform proposals. > > Wearing a red skullcap and purple robes, Mahony told the congregants that > the church did not support unfettered immigration, but a solution to what he > called a broken system. Then he outlined five principles for immigration > reform developed in a national "Justice for Immigrants" campaign by the U.S. > Catholic Conference of Bishops and other church organizations. > > They include more visas for family members of migrants to reduce what can be > decades-long waits to reunify; a guest worker program with a path to > permanent residency; better legal processes to guarantee immigrant rights; > legalization of undocumented migrants; and economic development in poor > countries to reduce the need to migrate. > > "The church has always been in the forefront of welcoming waves of > immigrants," Mahony said, reminding congregants of their own probable > immigrant roots. "This has been a constant theme of the church since the > 1700s." > > He asked congregants to use the Lenten season to open their hearts to Jesus > Christ, each other and immigrants. > > "There seems to be strident voices that are very much anti-immigrant," he > said. "But here in Los Angeles, we have such an enormous diversity of > people . each one of you is a gift and a blessing." > > The message struck deep chords with Tess Bautista and Rea Lazo, two sisters > who emigrated from the Philippines two decades ago to escape poverty in > their hometown of Manila. "We all come from different countries and we need > to unite," said Lazo, 39, a Los Angeles accountant. > > In particular, the sisters said, they supported the bishops' call for > economic development in countries such as the Philippines; both said they > would have much preferred to stay in their homeland than immigrate. > > "Nothing compares to staying in your own home," said Bautista, 42, a Los > Angeles accountant. "If opportunities were there, why would you leave?" > > > > > New Pacifica Working Group > http://www.egroups.com/group/NewPacifica > 'Save Our Stations!' > Yahoo! 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