Mindszenty Report: Mexico - 5 of 5

Mindszenty Report: Mexico – 5 of 5
In pursuit of the truth- www.cinopsbegone.com – Tuesday, June 29, 2010

The Church and Drug Cartels: cont’d +++ (Mindszenty Report – April 2009 – Vol. LI – No. 4) +++

“The Church in Mexico has not been silent under the guidance of its prelate, Cardinal Roberta Rivera Carrera, the Archbishop of Mexico City, the largest Catholic diocese in the world. Installed in 1995, Cardinal has sharply rebuked both the drug cartels and government corruption in the drug trade on numerous occasions. In his Ash Wednesday homily decried the deep governmental corruption that characterized drug trafficking.

“He urged Catholics to fight violence and corruption with all the weapons of prayer, penance, fasting and a morally sound life. Archbishop Jose Luis Chavez Botello of Antequera, Oaxaca echoed his message when he underscored the drug trade’s deep corruption of our political system and its connection with organized crime.

Illegal Zones of Protection:

“In America, Catholic prelates complicate the important border issues with their unrealistic attacks on America’s Mexican immigration policies. Their defiant opposition to legitimate American law has jeopardized local law enforcement agencies’ ability to police American borders and ferret out drug dealers from the human tide of illegal aliens that regularly breach the United States border.

“Prior to Vatican II papal statements prudently recognized the need to reconcile migration rights with national protection and common good. Since 1965 the Church’s concept of immigration rights has moved more closely to the extreme. Many Catholic leaders have denied any limitation on Mexicans’ right to cross national borders in search of work or for family reunions. Los Angeles’ Cardinal Roger Mahony and Washington’s Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, both of whose stance on abortion laws are much more passive, have led the vanguard of what many view to be an unconstitutional position that holds the right to immigrate as more fundmental than that of a nation to protect its borders from illegal invasions. They have done this without citing any authority, moral or …, where a state’s right to regulate its own borders has to be sacrificed for the mass invasion of citizens from a foreign country.

“Cardinal Mahony is also a leader in the Church’s Sanctuary Movement, which provides a zone of protection, especially in many urban areas, where illegal immigrants are shielded from police apprehension, prosecution and deportation. While designed to stimulate needed immigration reform, The Sanctuary Movement, in effect, encourages Catholics to defy the valid laws of their nation. It has also distracted government officials from the larger border issues of drugs & violence. ‘The Catechism of the Church’ teaches Immigrants are obliged to respect with gratitude the material and spiritual heritage of the country that receives them, to obey its laws and to assist in carrying civic burdens.

“The narcotic allure of the Magic Dragon has tested the strength of American tolerance and resourcefulness. Billions in appropriations have not helped. The Mexican border is a festering problem with serious human consequences that cannot be left to the whimsy of negotiation. On March 24th (2009) a new White House initiative was announced to deploy and additional 450 law enforce officers to the border. The situation is very volatile, things are changing every day. With few viable options, Mexico might just be the first foreign test of Obama’s presidential mettle.” Posted by George H. Kubeck