Description: Deus et Patria -- God and Country. A Website for Americans Who Like Being Catholics ... and Vice Versa
Migrant workers line up on an American street corner to be picked up by those supposedly offering paid work. Churches commonly include illegals as part of their outreach to the poor but some states are now passing laws to prohibit churches from doing so.
Last week I forwarded an email containing a new call to action by US Catholic bishops. The statement called for a “fortnight for freedom” to pray, fast and engage in political action against unprecedented threats to religious freedom. The bishops left no doubt that the principal threat comes from the Obama Administration’s HHS mandate to force employers to violate their religious beliefs:
http://www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/religious-liberty/our-first-most-cherished-liberty.cfm ]