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guillaumeb

(42,641 posts) Sat Jun 16, 2018, 08:19 PM Jun 2018

Catholic bishops rebuke Trump's asylum changes, suggest 'canonical penalties'

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The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops opened its spring meeting this week with a stern reproach of the Trump administration’s latest immigration policies, with the group’s president suggesting the new rules on asylum are a “right to life” issue.
Some bishops followed by urging protests, including “canonical penalties” for those who carry out the administration’s new rules.

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Catholic bishops rebuke Trump's asylum changes, suggest 'canonical penalties' (Original Post) guillaumeb Jun 2018 OP

oh "canonical penalties", that'll stop em. maybe a sternly worded letter to follow nt msongs Jun 2018 #1

"Canonical penalties" is a threat of excommunication or barring from the Eucharist. TomSlick Jun 2018 #2

msongs

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1. oh "canonical penalties", that'll stop em. maybe a sternly worded letter to follow nt

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Sat Jun 16, 2018, 10:05 PM

Jun 2018

TomSlick

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2. "Canonical penalties" is a threat of excommunication or barring from the Eucharist.

Reply to msongs (Reply #1)

Sat Jun 16, 2018, 10:50 PM

Jun 2018

Such a penalty would prevent serious Catholics from doing the job. Of course, it is difficult to understand how a serious Christian of any stripe could do the job. Matthew 25: 41-46 is pretty clear that the penalty for abuse of immigrants is eternal damnation.

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