jsri advent series day 5

Day 5: Friday, December 7, 2012

Catholic Social Teaching and Migration

“When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them. The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the Lord your God.” - Leviticus 19: 33-34

“The Church of the twenty-first century will be, as it has always been, a Church of many cultures, languages and traditions, yet simultaneously one, as God is one—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit— unity in diversity…The call to solidarity is also a call to promote the effective recognition of the rights of immigrants and to overcome all discrimination based on race, culture, or religion.” - Welcoming the Stranger, U.S. Bishops, 2000

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Photo courtesy of Thomas Greene, SJ, Jesuit Conference.