Burn of the Day
- Donald R. McClarey
Donald R. McClarey
Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 43 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.
Just another leftist example of immanentizing the eschaton.
Why on earth would any reasonable Catholic look to America magazine for guidance on what is/isn’t antithetical to the Gospels? After all, that rag has made it pretty clear that while it would never actually come out and print the words; it is the firmly held belief of its editors that sodomy is awesome, abortion is liberating, and only rubes believe there’s such a thing as mortal sin.
No thanks. Couldn’t be less interested in what that magazine has to say about anything.
Amen, Josh and Clinton.
As for the Jesuits, one might expect that a bunch of guys who think they are so smart might, at least, give some thought to Pascal’s Wager. But that would require them to admit they aren’t smarter than God, which will never happen.
IDK, I think they’re deporting individuals, each of whom broke the law. That there a bunch of them is what creates the mass. Feel free to retain your human dignity… over there, from whence you came.
Exactly. As far as the last humanistic encyclical is concerned, human beings have infinite dignity. If it is infinite, it cannot be lessened or increased, certainly not by mere location.
Why do they not mention the poor state of the country’s they came from which led to these people wanting to leave in the first place. Point the finger there and show them how corruption and poor leadership is not of the gospel.
Why do they not mention the poor state of the country’s they came from which led to these people wanting to leave in the first place. Point the finger there and show them how corruption and poor leadership is not of the gospel.
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Latin American countries (with exceptions) are not poor on an international scale or a historical one. However, they are less affluent than the United States and those in them often have relatives in the United States. They are currently responding to political signaling.
Art I have been to Mexico and there is a big divide between rich and poor. We did a service project. The poverty there is a vicious cycle.
Art I have been to Mexico and there is a big divide between rich and poor. We did a service project. The poverty there is a vicious cycle.
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Latin American countries have a more skewed distribution of income than other places. It’s not a ‘vicious cycle’. It’s an abiding condition.
Vicious cycle and abiding condition are not mutually exclusive terms.
“It’s not a ‘vicious cycle’. It’s an abiding condition.”
No – The poor live in a self-perpetuating system which consists of low income, limited education, poor health, and lack of employment opportunities. This combines to trap individuals and families in poverty, across generations. A vicious cycle.
Mexico is the second largest economy in Latin America and the second Latin American country with the most poor people. Brazil comes first on both stats. The Brazilians aren’t pouring over the border into the US.