Welcoming the stranger

November 15, 2018
Richard Morasci
San Francisco
 
I opened up Catholic San Francisco just now and eagerly expected an enlightened view of the plight of the thousands of refugees fleeing violence and poverty in Central America to combat their vilification by Donald Trump. Trump has called these people dangerous, diseased and bad. I figured that there would be something from the bishops’ conference or from other prominent Catholic clergy. After all, these people fleeing Honduras and El Salvador are probably Catholics. And violence in those countries is well documented. I had to search for a tiny article about the one Catholic group that has spoken out for humane treatment of the refugees. This from the Leadership Conference of Women Religious. However, you could have missed this article since it was thrown together with other small articles. Perhaps this little article is further evidence to follow Grace Garcia’s advice in her letter to the editor (“Let women lead a ‘clean sweep,” Nov. 1) to make a clean sweep of the hierarchy and bring in Catholic nuns. They seem to have the moral fiber that the clergy lack. However, I am still horrified and disappointed by the deafening silence of the Catholic Church in regard to the refugees. Is this another instance in history where the Catholic Church has stood by and said little or nothing?
 
Editor’s note: Archbishop Cordileone and other California bishops met with Mexican border bishops in October in Tijuana. See story on Page 11 of this issue.
 

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