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This is exactly the kind of work the Catholic Church should be doing. Glad theyโ€™re stepping up. ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿฝ Archdiocese of Los Angeles launches program to help families impacted by immigration raids. The raids have made immigrants worried to leave their homes.

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Now.. I wonder if we can also get them to address the other elephant in the room. I'm not trying to diminish the importance of one issue o the other; both are problems that need to be fixing, and if they can do one, they must be able to deal with the other and simply choose not to.

If the money is going to help people this admin is vilifying and terrorizing, I have no issue donating. The largest flea/farmers market has been shutdown in Vegas because of fears of ICE. Those families have lost their income, Christian thing to do is help them. I hope the church starts that here.

"If..." that's the point, the Catholic church has its hand out, if you watch the entire video. It certainly took them long enough to do something, people should be asking why. Other orgs are doing a lot to help, donate to them. I'm well aware of the "Christian thing to do" the Catholic church isn't.

This activism by the Catholic church in LA may not only benefit this community directly, but once others see the church step up, it may motivate people in other communities & states to do the same. There are thousands of people across the country trying to help in any way. The word must be spread.

Seeing this from Canada and watching the video was like watching outreach programs in third world countries, with puppet governments and corruption. 40 years Iโ€™ve watched the news and never seen this in the US. But what they are doing gives me hope , hope for the people.. much peace and love โค๏ธ โœŒ๏ธ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ

My God, when I read that, it hit me, you're SO RIGHT! That is exactly what it felt like, but I am not feeling hopeful for the US, sadly. They can't undo this generational damage being done within the US. It will be years to recover. I hope you get to vote for the midterms, but I'm doubting it, tbh.

Me too! Iโ€™ve been working for years to save our Democracy from the GOP Fascist takeover. They have never been for the middle class or poor. Their gaslighting & manipulations have made our Government out of balance for years. You canโ€™t have a healthy government when one party out of two is corrupt.

No, they SHOULD have been speaking out about republicans' cruelty and poor moral leadership. Instead they boosted conservative rhetoric or refused to counter it. Remember, Catholicism was perfectly fine going along with the nazis the first time round.

Churches should be helping immigrants.. I realize the loss of tax breaks but weak excuse.. What is happening to our โ€œnon whiteโ€ citizens is a major sin.. The naked thugs that beat good people up are pure gestapo clones..

This is โ€˜exactlyโ€™ what true Catholics should always be doing. Living & Practicing their faith & beliefs. Here,its bc they given authorization via Pope Leo to represent the Catholic Church locally. The โ€˜Catholic Churchโ€™ is not like the Protestant

3. succeed,its ur right & duty to succeed as a โ€˜Christianโ€™;ur success is a testament to ur faith in God. Where as,in my very humble opinion, my Catholic upbringing and now as an adult โ€˜Catholicโ€™,it has always been God centric. The Catholic Bible is Scriptures

4. from God: the God Father (Old Testament,the Hebrew God),the God-Son,Jesus the NazaraeanThe New Testament) & God-the Holy Spirit.The one and only God,the Creator of everything! A Christian ought to live by the Jesuit motto: All for the greater glory of God. Always bc u are not immortal or a โ€˜godโ€™.

The families need all the help they can get with good Catholic boys Tom Homan of ICE and Opus Dei member Kevin Roberts of Project 2025 wreaking so much havoc so maybe some public condemnation of them would make the Archdiocese efforts look less disingenuous.

You're right โ€” but โ€” this reminds me of Archbishop Romero's murder in Nicaragua, from my college yrs. Is that what the Trump administration has brought this country to? Nicaragua during the contra wars? Seriously? Don't scoff. I can easily see some deranged Trumper taking a pop at the LA archdiocese

How many voted for republicans and their views on reproductive rights? Maybe they didnโ€™t hear trumps day 1 mass deportation ideas. Catholics are trying to fix the mess they made by voting for trump.

I hope the church steps us nowโ€”unlike they did during the Holocaustโ€”and do the right thing! In fact, Iโ€™ll go on the record and say I will house and hide people from TFGโ€™s Gestapo!!!

We need this in every state, & every city. Human beings helping their fellow human beings, neighbors, friends, the people in your neighborhood & who you do commerce with. They are HUMAN BEINGS ๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿฆ‹

This is the kind of work ALL churches should be doing. But the vast majority don't believe what Jesus taught about "the least" among us or welcoming strangers, feeding the poor, protecting orphans & widows, healing the sick. . . They are bastions of prejudice and hate.

You are glad they are stepping up? That church is full of nothing but Liars & Pedophiles. Trump wants to protect them and have them NOT be forced to report any abuse they hear in the confessional. Of course not. The catholic church have to PROTECT their pedophile priests at all costs!!!

Literally just thinking about this today. My thoughts: 'how can the Catholic Church, which had been supportive to Italian, Irish, & Spanish immigrants for decades, decide to align with such a horrible human being and horrible, inhumane treatment of decent, mostly Catholic immigrants.

Bishops know all Americans will be affected from high inflation because this country needs and have depended on immigrants to make their lives better. Republicans have destroyed our immigration system which was lacking progressive policies to help them move toward citizenship.

This is the same Catholic Church that for decades been willing to elect anyone who proclaims to be pro-life no matter how evil and unjust the candidate is. ANYTHING the Catholic Church is hypocritical after decades of hiding behind the Pro-life answer to all election quetions.

The archdiocese has noticed his pocket is a little light... With gestapo kidnapping all the people the church normally scams... the church of scam reaches out and does the most basic things that humans should do.

The Catholic Church (and our DOJ) are currently suing WA state because they don't want priests to have to follow new mandatory child abuse reporting laws. ๐Ÿ˜‘

The Catholic Church fucked up BADLY during the Holocaust. Let's see how they step up, not only in Los Angeles, but everywhere in this moment. Among the biggest "sinners" of all time, will the Catholic Church step up to be the helpers in this dire moment in the history of our country? We'll see.

Absolutely a show of stepping up. Itโ€™s taken some time to finally putting human rights first against a long history of being silent to so much victimisation of the people. Hope prevails๐ŸŒบ๐Ÿฆ‹

How about maybe liberating 2 "immigrants" for every child molested by a priest. Wouldn't that be something. How long before the concentration camps were emptied? I was always bad at math. Little help here? Thanks.

They're increasing visibility because they're also on the chopping block as one of largest recipients of federal tax dollars! The Catholic Church has far and away enough funds to do good works - if they weren't always getting bogged down with that pesky, time consuming PEDOPHILIA!

Finally! Glad they are stepping up - I wondered when they would start to care about all the Latina Catholic immigrants coming to America seeking a better life. The Sisters of Mercy and others have been on the frontlines with very little involvement from the US Catholic Church.

This is good. I hope Dumpster doesn't use this to follow them to these peoples' homes. I would not put it past them. They need help. Can you imagine being scared to death to leave your home for fear you would be snatched up? Sounds like another ear, that's for sure. This is an act of true charity.