Are you a border agent who strips migrant children from their parents? No Holy Communion for you

It is a possibility for now.



By Michael McGough

Are you a border agent who strips migrant children from their parents? No Holy Communion for you
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Border Patrol agents take a father and son into custody near the U.S.-Mexico border on Tuesday near Mission, Texas. (John Moore / AFP-Getty Images)

Could a Catholic Border Patrol agent who separated a migrant mother from her children be denied Holy Communion – or even be excommunicated?

That scenario is being spun after a Catholic bishop raised the possibility of imposing “canonical penalties” on church members who implement the Trump administration’s practice of separating families seeking to enter the United States, including (according to the ACLU) those seeking political asylum at a port of entry.

According to Religion News Service, the idea arose at a meeting of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Fort Lauderdale. Early in the session, Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, the conference president, criticized the administration’s “zero tolerance” policy, under which all those who cross the border illegally are criminally prosecuted. That means separating adults from their children.

“Families are the foundational element of our society and they must be able to stay together,” DiNardo said. “Separating babies from their mothers is not the answer and is immoral.”
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