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What immigration reform do I favor?

One of the people who commented on my post on Why Latinos (and African-Americans) have concerns about their fellow Evangelicals asked me, “First of all, Fr. Ernesto – now would be a great time for a positive statement of your ideal immigration policy.” Since that request did not have to do with the request yesterday, I delayed it until today. So, what is my idea of an immigration policy? You... [Read more]

Why Latinos (and African-Americans) have concerns about their fellow Evangelicals

On June 2, I blogged a post titled, “Why Latinos fear the Arizona law.” The lead was that of a natural-born citizen, a Puerto Rican, detained in jail in Chicago for several extra days because they wanted to make sure he was a citizen. This was despite the fact that he showed them legitimate state ID, and his mother brought in his birth certificate. My point was that the incident in Chicago... [Read more]

Why Latinos fear the Arizona law

Sadly, the cartoon above is correct. See the interview: A Chicago man who spent the weekend in jail and faced deportation on suspicion he is in the country illegally said what happened to him illustrates the need for America to change the way it deals with immigration. Eduardo Caraballo said his self-described nightmare began last week when he was arrested in connection with a stolen car case. He... [Read more]

Roman Catholic bishops, healthcare, and pro-life

Yesterday, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops published a statement to go along with the signing of the new healthcare bill by President Obama. I posted the statement yesterday on this blog, but it can also be found here. It, and the letter to Congress that I also posted yesterday, are important statements, both for what it says concerning healthcare and what it says about pro-life in... [Read more]

Update on Catholic bishops, healthcare, and Obama

The statement below is fresh today from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. It addresses both healthcare and the bill that was just signed. For nearly a century, the Catholic bishops of the United States have called for reform of our health care system so that all may have access to the care that recognizes and affirms their human dignity. Christian discipleship means, “working to... [Read more]

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Healthcare reform, the Church, and pro-life

Several times over the last few weeks, I have been desirous of posting a more complete balanced statement on what I see as being pro-life and its relation to the healthcare debate. But, I never did. The reason was that I could not find the words to say something succinctly without sounding tendentious. Being pro-life is such an important issue that I feared to cheapen it by trying to write a post with... [Read more]

Glenn Beck and social and economic justice

Recently Glenn Beck said on his radio shows that if their priest or pastor or preacher is using the terms economic or social justice that they should leave their local congregation. To make sure that you do not think that Father Orthoduck is misquoting Glenn Beck, please go here to read his defense on his own website. In fact, Father Orthoduck thinks that there is some interesting stuff in his own... [Read more]

Texas Issues Tim Cole, Who Died in Prison, Its First Posthumous Pardon – AOL News

Texas Issues Tim Cole, Who Died in Prison, Its First Posthumous Pardon – AOL News. Back in October of 2008, I blogged a series on the increasing failures of our national crime and prison policies. At that time I pointed out that states such as California were already spending 10% of their budget for prison costs with it expected to go higher. Since then, you have probably been hearing the news... [Read more]

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On the swine flu and Latinos

The Wikipedia has some interesting data under the article on the Black Death that swept Europe in the Middle Ages. It says: Because fourteenth century healers were at a loss to explain the cause, Europeans turned to astrological forces, earthquakes, and the poisoning of wells by Jews as possible reasons for the plague’s emergence. . . There were many attacks against Jewish communities. In... [Read more]

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A small victory for religious expression

Rastafarian believer The Associated Press just recently published an article titled Rastafarian can sue over Jiffy Lube hair policy. You can read it here. The gist of the article is that Jiffy Lube had already in its employ a person who follows the Rastafarian religion. He had been allowed to follow the Rastafarian hair regulations previously, then Jiffy Lube decided to change its hair policies and... [Read more]

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