Another Bishop applies both Catholic teaching and common sense to the immigration issue. (Bishop Slattery also discussed immigration recently).
Calling for immigration reform, Bishop of Phoenix Thomas J. Olmsted has written that Americans should remember the saints’ examples of love during the “highly charged” emotional debate over the Arizona immigration bill. He urged that Catholics not let the bonds of fraternal love be broken by concerns about immigration status.
Bishop Olmsted’s column on the Arizona law SB 1070 would normally have been published in The Catholic Sun on May 20. A source with the diocese told CNA the bishop did not want to wait for it to be published in print and had it published on the internet.
In his column, the bishop acknowledged the duty of civil authority to regulate immigration and the duty of all people to obey the law. However, he added, “the fact that our current immigration system is broken and in need of reform is abundantly clear.”
“No one’s dignity is served well by our current system.”
The Bishop of Phoenix joined his fellow U.S. bishops in urging Congress and President Obama to address this “complex but important issue” by passing federal comprehensive immigration reform legislation “as soon as possible.”
“Without immediate action by the federal government, good people on all sides of this issue will continue to suffer needlessly,” he explained.
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