One Catholic in the world is not advocating for the
wholesale movement of Syrians to the West,
by Ann Corcoran on 5/1/16
He is the Archbishop of Aleppo, Syria and
in this interview with Catholic News Service he is highly critical of Canada’s mass importation of
Syrians. (By the way, we have never seen a breakdown of the percentage of
Muslim v. Christian Syrians Canada is admitting.)
I’m guessing he would be even more appalled if he knew how the US
Conference of Catholic Bishops takes millions of tax dollars every year and is
now busy scattering Syrians to the four winds and into every corner of America. Here is what he says about the cradle of Christianity
potentially being devoid of Christians.
I wonder does this give any good
Catholics pause about what is being done in their name when thousands upon
thousands of Syrians are scattered for permanent resettlement?
MONTREAL (CNS) — Seated in a quiet
room, the Melkite Catholic archbishop of Aleppo, Syria, spoke slowly, in an
almost muffled voice.
He goes on to describe a horrible
bombing of the city. Then this….The city is 8,000 years old. It gave civilization
to the world,” said Archbishop Jeanbart, giving details about what
Aleppo brought to history, culture, science and economics. Located in northern
Syria, until recently Aleppo was a driving force for the country’s economy,
providing work to 1.2 million workers and hosting 150,000 university students.
“More than half of the city’s
population left over the last four or five years,” added the archbishop who has
served there since 1995.
Ever since the war started, Archbishop Jeanbart has said that his wish
is to see the population — and especially the Christians — stay in Syria. When
asked what he thinks about Canada welcoming 25,000 Syrian refugees in the past
few months, he was not impressed.
“We’re not happy when we see the
Canadian government moving refugees and facilitating their integration. It
hurts us. A lot,” he said.….he would rather see the Canadian government making
more efforts to allow the Syrian population to stay in Syria.
We will reconstruct our country. We want to build and stay,” he said,
pounding the arm of his chair. “We want it to be our country and stay in this
country where Christianity was born, and give a testimony of Christ’s love and
charity, and of the possibility to live together, as men believing in God and
respectful of one another.”
Continue reading here. Go here to see our complete Canada archive with recent posts
about ‘Boy’ Trudeau’s impulsive, supposedly humanitarian, airlift of over 25,000
Syrians in only a few months.
And, I wonder if the Pope ever
listens to others of his faith who clearly must disagree with what he (the Pope) is advocating.
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