Father Chris Alar, discussing the division between Pope Francis’ stance on deportation and the position held by members of the Trump administration including Vice President JD Vance and border czar Tom Homan, said Sunday on Newsmax that the church’s bishops have outlined their position on the contentious issue.
“The one surprising thing in that letter from Pope Francis to the Catholic bishops of the United States is their own documents that you can find on the USCCB website that stress the importance of how to handle the situation of immigration,” Alar, the provincial superior of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of Mercy province of the Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception in the United States and Argentina, told Newsmax’s “Sunday Agenda.”
The document, “Catholic Social Teaching on Immigration,” outlines three main principles, Alar said.
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