So Pope Francis and His Cardinals STILL Support the Invasion

What can U. S. Roman Catholics do now? The 2nd in the Problem of Communion series.

I’m sure some readers may find my headline overwrought. But what polite words can there be for church leaders who still support the Invasion and use their positions to oppose the mass deportations that are desperately needed in the United States, the U. K. and most of Europe?

One can understand some sentimental wrong-headedness on this ten years ago. But now after the horrific damage the Invasion has done? After the exposure of the grooming gangs in the U. K.? After the massive invader crime wave in the U. S. and across the West? After one Islamist terrorist attack after another? And now as it is beginning to come out that illegals are behind much of the arson and looting in L. A.?It is now clear supporting open borders really is supporting invasion. At this point, I think an even stronger word is appropriate for the likes of Cardinals Cupich and McElroy and for Catholic Charities in service of Pope Francis — treason.

“Shameless” is another appropriate word. After all the harm the Invasion has done and is doing and Francis and friends double down on their pro-“migrant” pontifications? One would think they would have enough shame at what they have helped wrought already to at least shut the (naughty word) up. But that would be assuming they are capable of shame.

I can think of other words I’d rather not mention here. But in case one thinks this post is just a Prot railing against Rome, I can say similar things about World Relief and evangelical woke churchers — and I have….

And I have a great deal of sympathy for faithful Roman Catholic brethren, and I do consider them brethren. More on that later.

I will defer to the American Spectator and other sources for Cupich, McElroy, Francis, etc. etc. supporting the Invasion and opposing efforts to stop and reverse it. That includes how lucrative treason is for the Roman Catholic Church in the U. S.:

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) profits from the ongoing immigration crisis. Over the past decade, the USCCB and groups like Catholic Charities have collected over $2 billion from the U.S. government for migrant and refugee “services.” Lawsuits have alleged that these “services” include shuttling illegal immigrants released by Border Patrol further into the U.S. and providing them with pre-paid debit cards, phones, and food and housing vouchers.

It just could be that all the pontificating from Cupich, McElroy, and the other USCCB illegal immigration apologists is less a matter of pearl-clutching in the face of Trump’s planned deportations and more a matter of clutching at their ill-gotten cash.

Well, Cupich and Co. are libchurchers, so I’m confident it’s both. But I find the mention of lawsuits above intriguing. I know little to nothing about these and invite commenters to inform me. I do think the Roman Catholic Church in the U. S. and Catholic Charities are begging for lawsuits. But I will put off that topic for now.

Instead, I want briefly to note the relevance of this continued political pontificating for Invasion to two recent focuses of this substack — that churches must stop aiding the Invasion and that most faithful Christians at some point face difficult questions concerning communion. (And here I mean more the fellowship of communion rather than questions about the Eucharist.)

Back to faithful traditional Roman Catholics, I respect that their model of communion is that one must not leave the Roman Catholic Church lest one imperil one’s soul. I disagree with that view but respect it and acknowledge it has quite a weight of church history behind it. So I will bypass arguing against that model for now — which would probably be futile anyway — and assume that leaving the RCC is not an option. That although if I were RC, I would either leave or go to parishes that are sede vacante (i. e. that contend Rome lacks a legitimate pope at this time) or hold on to their allegiance to Rome lightly. I personally cannot imagine remaining in full communion with the likes of Francis and his mafia, but then I’ve never been Roman Catholic.

But what else can Roman Catholics do if leaving is not an option? As I wrote in my initial Problem of Communion post, “one may struggle for orthodoxy and faithfulness” within one’s church without leaving the RCC. That is honorable. One can clearly and loudly oppose bishops who use their positions to enable invaders. One can refuse to give one dime that would go to enabling invaders. Especially make sure one’s donations do not go to Catholic Charities, either directly or indirectly. Do your part to make aiding the Invasion less lucrative. One can educate fellow Catholics of the harm the Invasion and aid of it does. One can refuse to take communion from Invasion enablers. Perhaps one can find a parish that puts faithfulness above whatever Francis and his mafia says or thinks. And I’m sure faithful Roman Catholics can pray for and receive guidance as to what else to do.

What is not honorable for Roman Catholics in the U. S. and most Western countries is just going along as if nothing is wrong. To say nothing and change nothing and keep on putting one’s offerings in the plate without restrictions is not honorable. Then you, too, would be enabling the Invasion right along with Francis and his Cardinals. You might not intend to do so, but that would be the result of your fecklessness. I would say the equivalent to those in Protestant churches who do nothing when their leaders enable the Invasion. St. Paul’s admonition to “have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them” and oppose them is for all Christians. (Eph. 5:11) Doing nothing about treason in the church is not an option.

That is not to make light of the difficult choices faithful Roman Catholics must make. Know that I pray for you frequently. Maybe this is saying too much, but I hurt for you. Francis and his prelates have put you in an awful position by advocating for these and other evils, by suppressing traditional liturgy and practices and more.

For us outside the Roman Catholic Church, who do not think staying in communion with one and only one church body is a matter of salvation, we have choices that are in a way easier yet more complicated. Many of us are in churches in which leaders advocate for Invasion and against stopping and reversing it. At what point should we leave such a church?

I have no easy answers. I would say that if the church as a whole advocates for the Invasion, I would at least consider leaving. Not only is such treason a communion breaker, it is always an indicator of deeper problems. And, personally, I doubt my spiritual health could endure remaining in such a church.

But if some leaders advocate for or enable the Invasion but not most, then staying while opposing them and calling for better church discipline may be the best way. That is the current situation in my Anglican Church in North America and how I will proceed for now. As I wrote last time, I don’t think everyone agreeing on everything is a viable model of communion.

So I am not saying immigration issues are central to the Faith. They are not. But then issues around, say, protecting children or financial accountability are not central to the Faith either, at least not in a doctrinal sense. But we do not put up with child abusers or embezzlers in the church. We should not put up with the equivalent of treason in the church either. So the traditional Book of Common Prayer collect for this week of the 1st Sunday after the Epiphany is particularly timely and needed:

O Lord, we beseech thee mercifully to receive the prayers of thy people which call upon thee; and grant that they may both perceive and know what things they ought to do, and also may have grace and power faithfully to fulfill the same; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.