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October 09, 2008 |
Archbishop Gomez delivered the keynote address at the 2008 Missouri Catholic Conference Annual Assembly on the topic of immigration. The title of his talk was: Let Your Hospitality and Good Works Abound: The Catholic Contribution to Immigration Reform.
"To be a Catholic is to be a man or woman who serves God in the poor, in the least of these. To be a Catholic is to be a person who welcomes the stranger in need. This is who we are... The Church's interest in immigration is not a recent development. It doesn't grow out of any political or partisan agenda. No. It is a part of our original religious identity as Catholics, as Christians. We must defend the immigrant if we are to be worthy of the name Catholic."...click here to read more...
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