Quoting Father Frank: Shattered and in shackles, a mother is detained. No provision is made for the children who are coming to a house that is no longer home. There is a place for you among the neighbors giving shelter to her little ones. Counter the cruelty of separation by joining #gather4good. With you, we can take the children home to mom.
Quoting USCCB Special Message: As pastors, we the bishops of the United States are bound to our people by ties of communion and compassion in Our Lord Jesus Christ. We are disturbed when we see among our people a climate of fear and anxiety around questions of profiling and immigration enforcement. We are saddened by the state of contemporary debate and the vilification of immigrants. We are concerned about the conditions in detention centers and the lack of access to pastoral care. We lament that some immigrants in the United States have arbitrarily lost their legal status. We are troubled by threats against the sanctity of houses of worship and the special nature of hospitals and schools. We are grieved when we meet parents who fear being detained when taking their children to school and when we try to console family members who have already been separated from their loved ones.
Peace be with you,
Deacon Gerry