Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago reassured migrants in his archdiocese that reports of a possible mass deportation by a new administration in Washington that would target the Chicago area “wound us deeply.”
Priests in Chicago’s St. Rita of Cascia Parish in the city’s Chicago Lawn neighborhood stood in solidarity with local immigrants, inviting them for a special Mass in their intention Jan. 19.
“It is really important to be present to let people know, we will be there wherever we can to support them,” Father Larry Dowling told ABC 7 Eyewitness News.
According to ABC, priests blessed pastoral packs for families who may face deportation. The packs included a prayer shawl, rosary, and a statue of the patron saint of immigrants.
Right after Donald Trump’s swearing-in ceremony as the 47th president Jan. 20, his administration ended use of a border app called CBP One. A note appeared instead on the app’s website: “Effective January 20, 2025, the functionalities of CBP One™ that previously allowed undocumented aliens to submit advance information and schedule appointments at eight southwest border ports of entry is no longer available, and existing appointments have been cancelled.”
From Angelus News
Card. Cupich’s reaction entertains us deeply.
It appears that illegal activities/breaking the law doesn’t matter to some reprobate clergy. Who hears their confessions — or is confession “old-fashioned”, like praying the rosary, Adoration, Communion on the tongue, kneeling, incense…?
A fake cardinal criticizing a real president. Precious.
The anti-illegal immigration deportation raids have begun. Confirmed. Good.
Cardinal Cupich and the priests and people of the diocese that are giving aid and comfort to the immigrants is so beautiful, and encouraging to know you are standing up for what is right and good. God bless you,
Dear lady, I quote here: “So what am I saying? I’m saying that America, in spite of the mockers’ attempts to discredit her, is and was founded as “One Nation under God.” While we are certainly called to love one another — and that has always been demonstrated by our legislation toward legal immigrants — we must consider our obligation to honor our citizens with security … and honor our God who made us the most powerful nation in the world. Regardless of what happens in the White House, or what the media tells us, building walls can be beneficial and even honorable. America is well worth fortification, don’t you think?”
And this headline from Catholic News Agency on 1/15/25: “Vatican Cracks Down on Illegal Entry” into Vatican City. The decree was issued by the Holy See and monetary sanctions will be levied against trespassers.
What to think? We can’t be dreamers. We can be charitable without being gullible. We must protect our sovereign borders as is our right.
Mexico awaits them all with open arms!
Well good for you, then you house them and pay for them so the American people don’t have flip the buck! FREE everything for the law breakers.
It wounds me that Cupich is breaking the LAW and I’m wounded he outlaws the TLM. New Sheriff in town Cupich get used to it.
On March 20, 2024, Cdl. Cupich turned age 75 and submitted his mandatory letter of resignation to Pope Francis. He is now living on borrowed time, in his job. And Pope Francis, who just turned age 88 on Dec. 17, 2024– is not going to be around much longer. Why can’t the liberal, wayward prelates do something to help people suffering economically, to learn to be patient, trust in God, pray, be strong, bear the sufferings they must bear, and live right? God does not honor those who do wrong and break good laws. And God is definitely not on the side of criminals who are illegally in a country– He is on the side of lawmen properly deporting the illegal criminals, and protecting their own citizens in their own country. Why can’t the Catholic Church respect the good laws of countries regarding proper immigration laws, and help countries with economic problems to change things, and become more prosperous? And offer good and decent solutions– and properly care for the needs of their own people?
It’s different when you have people immigrating here, or you are being invaded. This is an invasion. Ask the people in the Midwest small towns whom towns have been invaded, that have caused home prices go up. A place where housing was available and competitive and now they have to deal with these overly aggressive people who have subverted the culture.
I remember at our church when we started having a Spanish mass at noon. The trash was over flowing, there was soda spilled all over the vestibule and outside of the church. It was a mess. When we showed up for 6:00 p.m. mass, it was a mess. This is a sacred house and it was desecrated. For our culture in the Midwest where the churches were clean and uncluttered and the bathroom, fixtures weren’t ripped out of the floor and leaking, the mirrors weren’t scratched with obscene words, or graffitied.
In our culture, cleanliness was next to godliness and this was a sign of respect. We feel disrespected and raped. Our grandfathers, fathers, and now ourselves have worker to build and keep these things nice, clean, orderly with a solid infrastructure.
Cardinal Cupich is courageous for letting his flock being run over by a bunch of people who don’t respect the law, don’t understand volunteerism, or how we live here in the United States. There is something really missing here. Wait for one of them hits your car with no insurance, no license, and no recourse for you to repair your car.
Yes I am prolife, yes I believe in welcoming the poor, the down trodden, the tired. Yes we need to help these people, but we need to ask them to learn our culture, our language, our habits. It’s unjust to ask them to just come and use our country as a toilet and through their diapers out the window and dump their trash on our streets in our towns and villages.
It’s four in the morning. There is someone down the street honking their horn. I get up, walk down the street. My neighbor is livid as four migrant workers in their Camry have pulled up in front of their friends house who they are picking up to go to work. He wasn’t outside waiting for them like he should have been. They, his friends didn’t bother to get out of the car and knock on the door, but sat there honking in hopes of waking the person up. My neighbor, she, ran up furiously yelling at them and pounding on their car telling them to stop honking.
Believe me, it’s not worth it to let these people into our country, and now they want us to increase the density of housing and all these people are coming in the neighborhood. Housing people in their travel trailers, adding extra little houses on their lots. There is no parking left, they crowd your driveway, they double park. It’s difficulty, scary, and we want our church leaders at a minimum to acknowledge what is happening and prepare us for this change and ask these strangers to treat us with respect.
We are not the rich people in the gated neighborhoods, we are the middle class, we have everything to lose. That’s why we voted for Trump. He listened and acknowledged us.
Oddly enough, our parish has survived every Sunday’s Spanish mass in the 20+ years I have been here. And the amount of volunteer work those Mass attendees put into keeping up the Church itself is impressive.
Democrats have lost the game. They’ve lost the country. That about sums it up. Eventually, they will lose California, and the wildfires will accelerate that process. Eventually, no respectable person will want to be affiliated with the Democrats.
Reply even Calif: The best thing that can happen to America is that the Democratic Party gets wiped off the map once and for all.
Why are the store signs in sparish? Is that in Mexico?
In San Ysidro, on U.S. side of border
Cupich is just a Democrat in a red hat.
Anytime anyone proposes mercy for illegal immigrants, show them this about the Vatican’s new crackdown on illegal entry:
The Vatican City State has toughened sanctions for those who try to illegally enter its territory in areas where free access is not allowed.
In a decree issued last month by the Holy See, the monetary sanctions and prison sentences for those who violate the strict security regulations of Vatican City have been considerably increased.
The document, signed by Cardinal Fernando Vérguez Alzaga, president of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State, provides for monetary fines ranging from 10,000 to 25,000 euros (about $10,200 to $25,700) and prison sentences ranging from one to four years.
These fines will apply especially to those who enter by means of violence, threats, or deception, bypassing border controls or security systems. In addition, those who enter with expired permits or do not meet the established requirements will receive administrative sanctions ranging from 2,000 to 5,000 euros (about $2,060 to $5,145).
Link: https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/261557/vatican-cracks-down-on-illegal-entry-into-its-territory
The Vatican opposes and punishes illegal entry into its own territory. Why do clerics argue that US borders should be open and illegal immigrants not be punished? I’m all in favor of the deportations that have begun.
Did the Cardinal express he was wounded deeply by the killings perpetrated by illegal immigrant criminals and express his sorrow and remorse for their victims and families?
Listen to what’s really happening. Criminal illegal immigrants are being deported first. That, as well as finding missing children and securing the border are the top priorities for the Border Patrol and this administration.
Trump may not deport every undocumented landscaper and construction worker. But, criminals are on their way out as soon as they can be apprehended. And, they won’t be permitted to come back.
All the Democrat nonsense needs to be undone in our country and all the woke nonsense needs to be undone in our world. I started watching a new movie called “A Mistake”, about a surgeon who makes a mistake. It seemed like a good movie. About fifteen minutes into the movie the female surgeon is shown kissing her lesbian lover. I turned it off. I’m tired of woke disgusting propaganda from the media.
As usual, Cupich fails to acknowledge the damage done, especially to children by the open border under Biden. There are currently 300,000+ missing children who were smuggled into this country and are now likely victims of slave/sex trafficking. Their pain is ignored by men like Cupich, who justify the influx that our country has endured. Biden allowed the cartels to control the border and the lives of these children. Shame. Our hope is the promise from the new border czar to rectify this horrific situation and save those children.
Because I work with women, many who themselves are here illegally, who have left or seek to leave a horrific marriage, I know that the criminal element is closer than many imagine. More than a few have shared the fear of their spouse, many of whom are members of gangs or work directly for cartels. Having weapons directed at them or their children is not unusual. These women live in fear and say little, as they could also be deported. We have done no favors for anyone in these situations by allowing illegal immigration. Actual vetting prior to allowing anyone into the US would be good for us and the vulnerable who seek to come here legally.
The sob stories are starting. They are all the fault of Biden and the Democrats. Illegals got comfortable in a situation they were never supposed to be allowed to be in.
No sob stories.Just examples of the criminals that have come across the borders who are supposedly “nice families”. Not much of a reality. Just more problems for our communities.If they did things right, the women could maybe come in legally, while their terrorist husbands are kept out, but Biden let everyone come in. Good that Trump stopped it all! Do it the right way or not at all.