Timothy Broglio archbishop

Migration: US bishops open to dialogue with Trump administration

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In an interview with the Italian TV2000 TV station, the president of the Conference of Catholic Bishops in the United States challenges the allegations made by officials of the Trump administration and calls for reforms to the American migration policy.

By Christopher Wells

American bishops continue to respond to suggestions that the Church in the United States is more concerned with “their net profit” than by the real concern for migrants.

Last week, the newly installed vice-president, JD Vance, an in-office Catholic, wondered publicly if the bishops are more concerned with the funding that the Church receives from the federal government than “humanitarian concerns”.

Innuendo caused a force answer of the USCCB which noted the “long history of the refugee service” of the Church in the fidelity to the teaching of Jesus.

“In 1980, the bishops of the United States began to join the federal government to carry out this service when the congress created the Admission program for American refugees (USRAP),” said the press release, adding : “Each person reinstalled by USRAP is verified and approved for the program by the federal government outside the United States. »»

The declaration noted that the financing of the American government “is not enough to cover the cost of these programs”, which nevertheless remain “a work of mercy and the ministry of the Church”.

Timothy Broglio archbishop

Timothy Broglio archbishop

The president of the USCCB responds to allegations

This declaration was reproduced by the president of the Conference of American Bishops, the Archbishop Timothy Broglio, who insisted: “We pass more than what we receive in the poor.”

In an interview broadcast on the Italian TV200 television station, Archbishop Broglio said that the conference had been struck by attacks by Trump officials “because they are not true”. “The words used are false,” he said, “and we decided to answer in a very chaste way, without going into the substance of speeches, but telling the truth.”

The archbishop noted that the Church has always insisted on respect for the laws, but explained that in concrete circumstances, the Church must help those who need it, even if they have entered the country illegally. “We have to help them, because it is Christ himself who asks us to do so.”

The archbishop stressed the need to respond to those who have difficulties with the work of bishops with migrants and refugees, and insisted on the importance of continuing discussions with the Congress to reform the law of migration. “We almost all agree to say that it must be changed,” he said.

“We are ready to dialogue,” continued Archbishop Broglio, adding: “We also asked for the possibility of meeting the president or vice-president of speaking, not in the media, but face to face. Of this way, I think we can try to understand each other and move forward.

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