The morality of migrating? "If your family is in danger you should help them escape danger, and if you end up somewhere safe then, like Joseph, you should send for your father and brothers to join you," there, easy-peasy

Jesuit-engrained distrust of Dominicans is once again confirmed

I wonder how he feels about land acknowlegments, or about the indigenous culture of what is now Pontifical College Josephinum in Columbus, Ohio.

Jeezus

Is he trying to use CCC 2241 as a starting point to do some racism?

Dominicans, man.

I mean, it was nice what the Samaritan did, but who will think of the good of the people who walked on by?

Dude is a fucking goat

And I very specifically do not mean GOAT

I CAN THINK OF SOME LITERATURE

Not to be funny but, uh, I can think of a book he should read that has thoughts on the rights of migrants

the Israelites: famous for staying in one place no matter what

Lots of christians aren't exactly fond of Jews in the bible. Or outside of the bible.

"And Joseph got up, and took the child and his mother by night, and went to Egypt ..."

I mean I would like to see some Catholic social teaching on migration. What we've got from the catechism is a bit archaic. Just like just war theory is archaic.

The best thing you can say about just war theory is that, if taken seriously, it declares most contemporary wars and actions in war unjust.

Indeed. I was apoplectic talking to a priest who thought that Vietnam was a just war. Ante, in, and postbellum.

There's a style of teaching it, at least on the philosophy side, that makes it a set of relatively low bars. I think that's a deep misunderstanding and a disservice to students.

There's a lot of modern problems jwt needs to deal with. There's not much about dealing with insurgency, or even the WW2 issue of attacking the "home front." Not to mention drone warfare.

And a better account of authority, general lethal action at a distance, rebellion, preemption, …

yeah but something tells me fr mulcahy is unhappy that the vatican line on immigration and right-wing populism is critical

Satanism

This man ought to be defrocked and declared Anathema. What the hell is wrong with these people?

Bernard should brush up on his Ephesians & Exodus: "Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God". "You shall not oppress a stranger, since you yourselves know the feelings of a stranger…”

Leviticus 19:34 would be a good place for him to start: "The alien who resides with you shall be to you as the citizen among you; you shall love the alien as yourself, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God."

flashback to one of the bishops at the synod on the family seriously asking 'what about the 99 sheep'

“For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink. Truly I tell you, I was an ungrateful immigrant who should have been deported at gunpoint.”

I do not understand a priest who sees Venezuelans & Salvadoreans & Mexicans & thinks anything other than "these are my Christian brethren, this is my flock". What is that collar even for

Bereft of capacity for spiritual insight, this lot fixates on the simulacra - the trappings, institutions, and power structures which serve as proxies - and are lost.

Modern Catholicism often feels less like faith and more like an AP test. Not about God as much as it’s about knowing the answer. They won’t explain the answer but will surely judge you if your answer doesn’t line up with theirs.

So much of this scholasticism comes from a Dominican (St. Thomas Aquinas) systematic approach to rigorously defend the faith. It got baked in during the pre-Reformation times (getting rid of local rites and failed reunification with the Orthodox)

Thanks very much for this and to me this language is great in a classroom setting but does it bring you hope? I love my catholic friends for their humanity, not theology (fyi I’m a practicing Presbyterian).

No, I think it's a distortion of the Gospel. I'm an Eastern Catholic, so our theological and spiritual tradition is aligned more with the Orthodox. Ultimately, the Christian life is about conforming ourselves to Christ's transfigured, resurrected, and ascended humanity.

I disagree with that but you do what you do, nice to connect.

What does it mean to do the will of the Father? To love God and to love neighbor, these are the two commandments that all the rest flow from. Thus we are to love one another as Christ loves us with that self sacrificial love (agape).

This is exactly why, as a former Christian, I am so confused by the actions of so many who claim to follow Christ. His directions were pretty clear and if you follow them true you can't get here from there. There was no hate in his words or deeds.

I’m a current Christian and not surprised at all. Read the book of Acts and see how quickly the early believers stopped trusting in God and turned to their own needs before the needs of others. This is who we are and mostly always been.

How do we put it into practice? By showing and performing works of mercy. I believe I will be judged not on my theological knowledge but did I welcome the stranger and shelter the homeless, feed the hungry and give drink to the thirsty, and visit the sick and imprisoned. I have a long way to go yet.

You’re not alone but we will be judged more for our hearts than our heads.

As a confirmed Catholic, I can only think these people are Nazi incels.

Like, obviously not all of them are Catholic, but even the ones who aren't part of your church are still children of God to whom you have a duty! If that yoke is so hard & that burden so heavy, lay it down & spare us all

Yea Catholic theology is not open for interpretation in this.

Ha yeah love it or hate it you are NOT permitted wiggle-room on some things

AMEN

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Just a continuous stream of doubling down on Nazism in there.

There are, actually really good Catholic professors doing work on migration and ethics, including one of my favorite people ever: doi.org/gr47vf The Dominican House of Studies in DC is to Catholic Theology is broadly *unrepresentative* of the Catholic academy.

"God made a little oopsie and forgot to talk about all the ways the poor and needy have a duty to not inconvenience the wealthy and powerful."

another day picking at the moral theology of immigration. everyone keeps asking me if they can hate immigrants. buddy, jesus wont even let me hate immigrants

*casting around the Abrahamic religions for one where migration and migrants aren't central and lauded figures of the religion and getting increasingly frustrated*

Blessed are the owning class, for their property rights are inviolate… wait. I am fumbling that one. If only a theologian was familiar with the sermons on the mount and the plains and could guide me in my understanding of how wealth interacts with the gospel.

Yeah, the people migrating are often in need and asking for help, so of course it’s not their role (nor in any way an appropriate expectation) for them to ask whether those who could help them will be inconvenienced by the request. 🤦🏻‍♀️ That post is an embarrassment to the Catholic church.

As a church we have issues (Lord we have issues) but migrant issues is something we do really well! Disgusting to see this language from a priest.

"Shouldn't we be asking whether God was right to part the Red Sea so that Moses could lead his people to another land?"

If it is a sin to mistreat a stranger, isn't it equally a sin to be a stranger? Many profound thoughts going on.

"Look what you made me do"/"she was asking for it"

You can always count on Catholic Authorities to consider the Rapist's point of view. Habit I suppose.

Almost the whole body of American Catholics is descended from immigrants who were maligned as unassimilable and harmful to American society so of course

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guy's gonna be bloviating from Hell on the duty of Lazarus to bring him water

It's merely a question of the common* good. *me and donors

imagine telling people in the ancient near east that they're thinking too much about the obligation to provide hospitality