Cardinal Cupich: Trump's refugee ban "a dark moment in U.S. history"
Source: America Magazine
Catholic leaders in the United States are reacting with anger to President Donald J. Trump’s newly signed executive order that bars Syrian refugees from entering the country and halts resettlement programs for up to four months and are urging him to reconsider the policy.
“This weekend proved to be a dark moment in U.S. history,” Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago said in a statement on Jan. 29. “The executive order to turn away refugees and to close our nation to those, particularly Muslims, fleeing violence, oppression and persecution is contrary to both Catholic and American values.”
-snip-
“We are told this is not the ‘Muslim ban’ that had been proposed during the presidential campaign, but these actions focus on Muslim-majority countries,” Cardinal Cupich said. “They make an exception for Christians and non-Muslim minorities, but not for Muslims refugees fleeing for their lives.”
“The world is watching as we abandon our commitments to American values,” he continued.
-snip-
Read more: http://www.americamagazine.org/politics-society/2017/01/29/cardinal-cupich-trumps-refugee-ban-dark-moment-us-history
= new reply since forum marked as read
To hear the Bishop speak out for what is "right and just."
