Sanctuary or the right of refuge is the ancient implied inviolate protection of the oppressed through ecclesiastical immunity where refugees and fugitives are afforded adequate time for penitence free of persecution from political and legal interdiction adopted by the Roman Church centuries ago.
In 2018 Cupich's predecessor was accused of covering up sex crimes in Pennsylvania after a grand jury found the church hid predator priests from prosecution.
Today, Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago is pushing back on plans by the Trump Organization to raid churches and schools.
“The Catholic community stands with the people of Chicago in speaking out in defence of the rights of immigrants and asylum seekers. Similarly, if the reports are true, it should be known that we would oppose any plan that includes a mass deportation of U.S. citizens born of undocumented parents,” he said. “For members of faith communities, the threatened mass deportations also leave us with the searing question, ‘What is God telling us in this moment?’” he asked, calling for a collective examination of conscience. [Cardinal Cupich: We oppose any immigrant mass deportation plan]Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and General Michael Flynn are modern Falangists financed by the John Birch Society. Many catholic schools are in the Hillsdale bubble because the curriculum ignores the church’s role in the Native American Genocide and Opus Dei is a cult of Fascists.
Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, in a separate statement also criticized some of Trump's wide-reaching executive orders on immigration. ['Look in the mirror': Vance knocks Catholic organization for criticizing Trump immigration policy]In 2023 Pope Francis sacked an apostate who endorsed the phrase: "You cannot be Catholic and be a Democrat" and today Francis calls the deportation scheme a "disgrace."
The full Cupich statement is linked here.
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Francis questions JD Vance's faith over immigration stance: NPR.
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