Nine days later, the Los Angeles Dodgers will host a Pride Night to present the community hero awards to the sisters of eternal indulgence. Conservative Catholic activists divide their days like a homophobic advent calendar.
They are the ones who originally pressured the Blue Crew to strip the Sisters of their honor. The Sisters are charitable organizations whose members dress extravagantly to mock religious fervor, but also do good deeds similar to nuns. The Dodgers reinvited the Sisters after public outcry, and conservatives called for a protest against Pride Night and a Dodgers boycott.
The boycott this season will be as successful as the San Diego Padres. But that didn’t stop bishops from California to Texas, Wisconsin to Nebraska, lining up to attack the team and the Sisters. The archetypal figure in this Boo Krue is Robert Barron, Bishop of Winona Rochester, Minnesota, former Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, who has made him one of the most prolific ministers in the millions. He is the founder of Word on Fire, a dollar service organization. Voices of prominent Catholics in the country.
In a Twitter video posted on May 25, he denounced the Sisters as an “anti-Catholic hate group” and ridiculed the Dodgers’ “pathetic apology” to the Sisters, declaring that anti-Catholicism is the last to be tolerated in the United States. Said it was prejudice. He then appealed directly to his “Hispanic friends”, claiming they should be particularly offended.
“This is your family’s religion,” said Mr. Barron. “your Abuela and Abueloyour Familiaryour tradition“
Meanwhile, in California, Latinos and churches were used and abused by anti-immigrant forces last week, but Barron, along with his nagging brother bishops and boycotts, has yet to speak out.
I am talking about the dropping off of 16 Venezuelan and Colombian immigrants at Sacramento parish headquarters on Friday.
California Ati. General Rob Bonta said documents carried by the migrants show charter flights from El Paso to New Mexico to Sacramento were arranged by the Florida Emergency Management Agency. . Sunshine state agencies previously arranged similar trips to Democratic-run cities and states at the request of Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, and last year’s budget set aside $12 million for that. was
After days of silence, an agency spokesperson characterized the flight and a subsequent flight on Monday as “voluntary relocations.”
Spokeswoman Alecia Collins also said the contractor “has confirmed it arrived safely” at Catholic Charities, a national nonprofit that helps the poor, but Collins said It characterized the organization as “used and funded by the federal government.”
DeSantis, who is running for president, has not commented publicly on the matter. But when the Emergency Management Agency transferred more than 50 immigrants to Martha’s Vineyard in September, the governor cynically declared: [for migrants] So that you can go to the reserve. “
That is what makes the massive dumping of immigrants in the Sacramento Parish so despicable. Florida is as much mocking Catholic as it is attacking Newsom, who frequently criticizes DeSantis (and vice versa).
Since the country’s founding, no Christian denomination has been as centered around poor immigrants and refugees as Catholicism. The church is a safe place for Germans, Irish, Italians, Czechs, Poles, Italians, Latinos and many others to maintain their faith and customs while traveling to new lands. I knew I needed
The Sanctuary is the heart of the Catholic Faith. Because the Sanctuary is written all over the Bible, from the Pentateuch to the Psalms to the Gospels to 2 Corinthians. There the Apostle Paul writes that Christians are, and should therefore be, “the temple of the living God.” behave that way to others. But this acceptance of the poor and meek is the unwashed ignorance of Catholic immigration, and the stereotype that the Church is an exploitative entity that only cares about itself. It has long pissed off non-Catholics.
The DeSantis administration’s stunt in Sacramento is nothing less than a cruel joke on the church for taking advantage of Catholic goodwill while washing its own responsibilities. And this isn’t the first time a Republican governor has done something like this. Last year, the state of Texas flew eight Venezuelan men to Sacramento with no money or a Catholic charity address.
The Book of Proverbs tells believers not to mess with the poor, or “the Lord will defend their cause, and spoil the souls of those who spoiled them.” Tell that to the conservative Catholic activists who are blaming the Dodgers.
These people call Catholics like me apostates who oppose the Church’s increased emphasis on culture war issues at the expense of social justice. Since the rise of Donald Trump, they said the Church’s teachings have “consistently reinforced our moral obligation to treat strangers as we would treat Christ Himself.” I have conveniently missed part of the Society’s website.
They said that Pope Francis announced last month that Catholics “will always have a community that distinguishes no one, excludes no one, and is ready to welcome, protect, promote and unite.” ‘ should be secured.
Conservative Catholic activists would rather intensify the right-wing anti-immigrant war, saying that those lining up at the southern border to enter the United States look nothing like Jesus, Mary or Joseph and therefore deserve refuge. argued not to. They served in the Trump administration’s cabinet, defending his policies and attending Mass with a straight face.
plainly, 3 main architects Florida’s immigration transportation strategy has to do with the church. Mr. DeSantis is a cradle Catholic. His chief of staff, James Usmeier, teaches religious education at St. Thomas More’s Associate Cathedral in Tallahassee, and Public Safety Emperor Larry Keef was once president of the Florida chapter of Catholic Charity.
Meanwhile, Catholics who actually read the Bible stood up to help stranded immigrants in Sacramento. Local nonprofits are providing shelter and food, and Bishop of Sacramento Jaime Soto told the media, “We recognize the humble presence of Jesus and hear his call to accompany us. ‘ said.
Jesus said that good deeds are best done out of the limelight, so it is the deeds of good Catholics to humbly defend in times of crisis. He did not like the Bishop Barons of the world and described them in the Gospel of Matthew as “standing on the street corners to be seen by the people”.
In fact, Christ had given them the name Hypocrites.
