Britain should be more welcoming to immigrants, says head of UK Roman Catholic Church

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Britain should be more welcoming to immigrants, says head of UK Roman Catholic Church


Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor: Says Britain should be more welcoming to immigrants

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The head of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales called on people to do more to welcome immigrants to Britain in his Christmas address today.
Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, Archbishop of Westminster, used his Christmas Homily to highlight the needs of the excluded and the importance of Christian compassion towards the less fortunate.
He delivered his message at Westminster Cathedral, London during Midnight Mass and broadcast live on BBC Radio 4.
"The event we call Christmas, the birth of Jesus is evidently meant for everyone," he said, stressing that it was important that Christians "should seek to ensure that nothing and nobody remains untouched by the tidings of comfort and joy that came from heaven on the first Christmas night".
While acknowledging the need for immigration to be controlled, he drew particular attention to the way in which migrants were treated.

The Cardinal said: "A theme which is much in the news in Britain at the moment is the question of the many immigrant peoples who come to our country. Most immigrants come to our country because they wish to have a better life and work so as to provide for their families.
"What concerns me at the moment is our attitude as a nation to these many immigrants. Many of these people are trying, for perfectly good reasons, to enter Britain and they need to be welcomed.
"I understand that immigration needs to be controlled. However, sometimes they must feel like Joseph when he returned to Bethlehem after exile in Egypt, simply excluded because they are outsiders."

Britain should be more welcoming to immigrants, says head of UK Roman Catholic Church | the Daily Mail

[Milesian]

It's part of a Catholic plot to undermine the Jewnited Kingdom.
Well done

[Susi]

I thought that Catholics didn't allow suicide?

[Milesian]

Originally Posted by Susi

I thought that Catholics didn't allow suicide?

Suicide? The Anglos did that to themselves in the 17th century when they sold themselves to Jewish bankers in return for foreign military aid to help with the the forceful expulsion of their legitimate king by an effeminate Dutch dwarf.

As the Catholic clergy had been outlawed upon pain of death from the realm for many years beforehand, it had little if anything to do with Catholicism.

[BeornWulfWer]

Perhaps Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor should stick to what he does best and stay out of immigration debates.

[Kernunnos]

He meant with the polish catholic ones ...

[Susi]

Originally Posted by Milesian

Suicide? The Anglos did that to themselves in the 17th century when they sold themselves to Jewish bankers in return for foreign military aid to help with the the forceful expulsion of their legitimate king by an effeminate Dutch dwarf.

As the Catholic clergy had been outlawed upon pain of death from the realm for many years beforehand, it had little if anything to do with Catholicism.

I meant what had been said by him now, not what has been done long before.

[bombadillo]

Originally Posted by BeornWulfWer

Perhaps Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor should stick to what he does best and stay out of immigration debates.

Agreed. The man is a cretin. Why should we be more welcoming to immigrants? Our island state is already densely packed. They take away scarce housing and job resources away from the indigenous inhabitants -- whose roots go back millennia.

[Errigal]

I would have thought the Cardinal would be too busy working 18 hour shifts for the next few months hearing the confession of Tony Blair to comment on politics.

[Cirrus]

Don't worry, we have the same stupid Catholic clergy in France :

Décryptage - Immigration : la mission de l\'Église - 27 avril 2006

[Errigal]

I think it would be difficult to come up with a list of ten prominent clergy of any denomination who have said it is right and good for a nation to restrict immigration.

[Weltschmerz]

The head of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales called on people to do more to welcome immigrants to Britain in his Christmas address today.
Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, Archbishop of Westminster, used his Christmas Homily to highlight the needs of the excluded and the importance of Christian compassion towards the less fortunate.

Blah blah blah... I think I heard this one before.

[gazumpiro]

Originally Posted by bombadillo

Agreed. The man is a cretin. Why should we be more welcoming to immigrants? Our island state is already densely packed. They take away scarce housing and job resources away from the indigenous inhabitants -- whose roots go back millennia.

How many of those who would call themselves Britons can trace their lineage back millennia?

It is an island of immigrants anyway.

[OneEnglishNorman]

Originally Posted by gazumpiro

How many of those who would call themselves Britons can trace their lineage back millennia?

It is an island of immigrants anyway.

You could say that about any European country.

[Menydh]

Originally Posted by OneEnglishNorman

You could say that about any European country.

So, how do you think that we could work out together to reverse it?