Here we go again! Bishops appeal to Prez on
Christian charity grounds, never mention their federal funding
Now to the millions the Bishops stand to lose during the Trump presidency (something they never mention)!
Now to the millions the Bishops stand to lose during the Trump presidency (something they never mention)!
Posted by Ann Corcoran 3/30/18
And, they are putting out their first moves for 2019!
I
promised long ago to report on the enormous funding the US Conference of Catholic Bishops
(USCCB) receive
from the US Treasury every time they make political statements about how the
Trump Administration isn’t doing enough for refugees. See one such post here.
I
also promised to stop reporting on their millions of taxpayer dollars if they
would only start to mention their financial stake in the US Refugee Admissions
Program in their public statements.
Here is the latest and of course (again!) no mention of their millions
of taxpayer dollars.
From Catholic News Agency: Washington D.C., Mar 28, 2018 / 05:00 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The U.S.
bishops have voiced concern over the abnormally low levels of refugees admitted
to the U.S. under the Trump administration, saying that it puts those fleeing
danger at risk, and fails to comply with Christian teaching on welcoming the
stranger.
“The
current level of refugee arrivals leaves thousands of vulnerable people in
harm’s way and searching for protection,” said Bishop Joe Vasquez, speaking as chair of the U.S.
Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee On Migration. The good Bishop never
mentions that immigrants=federal funding!
The bishops’ March 26 letter was sent
to Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen and to the U.S. State
Department.
“As
Christians, our concerns for refugees is integral to our life of faith,” the
bishops said. “In this spirit, we urge the Administration to renew a bipartisan
commitment to resettlement for refugees, including religious minorities.” [I told you here just yesterday that ‘bipartisan’ means the R’s
want cheap labor and indeed the USCCB acts as a headhunter for big business.—ed]
These trends “signify an abdication of our nation’s leadership in
humanitarian protection through resettlement and in championing international
religious freedom,” the bishops charged.
Here
we go again, they cite Jesus. I feel sure Jesus never meant that citizens should be taxed to pay for
Christian charity to the poor stranger.
They
cited Jesus’ words from the Gospel of Matthew, “I was a stranger and you
welcomed me,” as well as the Old Testament’s exhortations to care for the
stranger.
Ha!
Ha! This next bit made me laugh. I told you just the other day that the political push would soon
begin for fiscal year ’19, and right on cue…..
They want 75,000 beginning October 1, 2018. I thought they would
demand 100,000 as their opening bid, so I was wrong.
They called on the Trump administration to admit at least 45,000
refugees in this fiscal year and to issue a presidential determination allowing
75,000 refugees to enter the country next year. They again requested a meeting with
Trump to discuss how to address refugee processing. [See the letter to the
President, here.—ed]
More here.
A
couple of years ago we found an annual report for the Bishops’ Migration Fund, see here,
and learned that the fund is 97% funded by the federal government (parishioners
put very little into the fund for immigrants and refugees). We have not
found an annual report since that one in 2014 (strange, huh!).
However, here in an audit of the USCCB for
2015 and 2016, we see this (below) on page 14.
(Dear White House, before granting a meeting, be sure the President
knows about this!)
DOING WELL BY DOING GOOD!
Catholics
should consider addressing this issue with your parish priests. Go here for my complete archive on
the US Conference of Catholic
Bishops. And,
Happy Easter! Happy Passover too!
Norb
Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader
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