Archdiocese of Seattle and the American Catholic Church are once again defying Trump to take up the cause of immigrants
Loud applause is the norm of sports events, not church sanctuaries, but the congregants of Seattle’s St. James Cathedral know when to rise to the occasion.
Its pastor emeritus Father Michael Ryan was on fire at the pulpit last Sunday, addressing immigration as “an issue that involves fundamental Judeo-Christian beliefs.”
The Catholic Church refuses to look the other way in the face of Trump’s roundups of emigrees and refugees, despite justifications from Vice President J.D. Vance, a Catholic convert. Said Ryan: “I simply cannot be silent when wholesale sweeps and dragnets are currently taking place across the country.”
Pope Leo XIV has taken up the cause.
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