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<p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">What a lovely
anomaly. Maybe if MAGA is onboard with the bishops statement it
might lead to some results.</font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Art </font></p>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/13/25 09:55, sylvia skrepichuk
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<div dir="auto">Unfortunately the US Bishops just elected as their
new president a bishop connected to the Napa Institute, a very
conservative think tank,,,MAGA</div>
<div dir="auto">Their "Special Statement " on Immigrants was more
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<div dir="auto">Peace </div>
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<div>Date: 2025-11-13 12:00 p.m. (GMT-05:00) </div>
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<div>Cc: Brian Halferty <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:bhalferty@yahoo.ca"><bhalferty@yahoo.ca></a> </div>
<div>Subject: [Sundaycommunity] SOSNG PROGRAM for Sunday November
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Friends,</div>
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This Sunday coming up, November 16, 2025, is the 33rd
Sunday in Ordinary Time -- very close to the end of the
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This Sunday is also designated as "World Day of the Poor."
In recent days, the American Conference of Catholic
Bishops have met in Baltimore, and they issued a "Special
Statement." Such a statement can only be approved by the
bishops meeting together and must receive at least a
two-thirds majority vote. This statement was directed
particularly at the question of how immigrants are being
treated in the United States, and it passed by a vote of
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In this statement, the bishops wrote, "We feel compelled
now in this environment to raise our voices in defense of
God-given human dignity." Further on in their statement
they say, "As pastors, we look to Sacred Scripture and the
example of the Lord Himself, where we find the wisdom of
God's compassion. The priority of the Lord, as the
Prophets remind us, is for those who are most vulnerable:
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It's good to see the American bishops standing up strongly
and publicly against the unjust actions of their own
government. We all need to be in solidarity with the poor
and the marginalized, to stand up for them and with them,
to give of ourselves for their benefit. It appears that
our own Canadian government is reducing its support for
the needs of the poor in our own country and in the world
at large. We have to consider carefully how to react to
this, and how to maintain our level of societal concern
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Best wishes,</div>
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