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The Louisiana Conference of Catholic Bishops (LCCB) acknowledges the
humanitarian crisis surrounding unaccompanied refugee minors who have entered our
country from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras.
humanitarian crisis surrounding unaccompanied refugee minors who have entered our
country from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras.
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<p>The Louisiana Conference of Catholic Bishops (LCCB) acknowledges the humanitarian crisis surrounding unaccompanied refugee minors who have entered our country from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. We must address this reality with a spirit that honors the sanctity of the family and works to protect the vulnerable.</p>
<p>Our Catholic faith calls us to be compassionate to all as a concrete way of respecting the life and dignity of the human person. Such an approach is not conditioned upon one’s immigration status or nationality. In fact, Jesus Himself was a refugee and therefore in seeing these refugee children today we are presented with a tangible opportunity to see the face of Christ. Catholic teaching affirms that it is in the face of the immigrant, the refugee, the asylum-seeker, and the trafficking victim that we see the face of Christ. Jesus definitely states, “I was a stranger and you welcomed me,” as a means to teach how we are to give of ourselves for the sake of the most vulnerable (Mt. 25:35). In a pertinent reflection on how we are to welcome children, Jesus proclaims: “Whoever receives a child such as this in my name receives me.” (Mt. 18:5). <a href="https://jsri.loyno.edu/sites/loyno.edu.jsri/files/LCCB-Border kids-Statement on Unaccompanied Minors 8-4-14-mig.pdf">MORE>></a></p>
<p>Our Catholic faith calls us to be compassionate to all as a concrete way of respecting the life and dignity of the human person. Such an approach is not conditioned upon one’s immigration status or nationality. In fact, Jesus Himself was a refugee and therefore in seeing these refugee children today we are presented with a tangible opportunity to see the face of Christ. Catholic teaching affirms that it is in the face of the immigrant, the refugee, the asylum-seeker, and the trafficking victim that we see the face of Christ. Jesus definitely states, “I was a stranger and you welcomed me,” as a means to teach how we are to give of ourselves for the sake of the most vulnerable (Mt. 25:35). In a pertinent reflection on how we are to welcome children, Jesus proclaims: “Whoever receives a child such as this in my name receives me.” (Mt. 18:5). <a href="https://jsri.loyno.edu/sites/loyno.edu.jsri/files/LCCB-Border kids-Statement on Unaccompanied Minors 8-4-14-mig.pdf">MORE>></a></p>