Catholic Bishops clash over Trump immigration plans


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Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, a vocal critic of Pope Francis and globalist policies, has issued a forceful response to claims made by the newly appointed Archbishop of Washington, D.C., Robert McElroy.

In a press conference on Monday, McElroy, known for his left-leaning views and frequent criticism of President Trump, suggested that Trump’s proposed deportation policies would be incompatible with Catholic doctrine. While acknowledging the Church’s recognition of a nation’s right to secure its borders, McElroy argued that large-scale deportations of illegal immigrants would violate the dignity of individuals and Catholic teachings.

“We are called always to have a sense of the dignity of every human person. And thus, plans which have been talked about at some levels of having a wider indiscriminate massive deportation across the country would be something that would be incompatible with Catholic doctrine,” McElroy stated, adding, “So, we’ll have to see what emerges in the administration.”

Viganò accused McElroy and others within the Church hierarchy of aligning with leftist political and globalist agendas under the guise of compassion. He alleged a complicity between what he terms the “deep church” and the “deep state,” both of which he claims profit from unchecked illegal immigration.

“The ‘mass deportation’ of illegal immigrants is a decision that the State can legitimately take, and this is a principle dictated by Natural Law even before positive civil law or Canon Law,” Viganò stated in his full statement.

He continued, “Conversely, the ‘mass deportation’ of illegal immigrants is certainly and indisputably incompatible with the network of pseudo-charitable organizations in the hands of the Bergoglian Hierarchy, the Democratic Party and the NGOs attributable to George Soros, and with the system of complicity between the deep state and the deep church, both of which are actively engaged in the dissolution of the social, economic, cultural, and religious fabric of the Nations in which they have taken control of the institutions. Stopping illegal immigration would make them lose an inexhaustible source of profit, paid for by citizens’ taxes.”

Viganò further asserted, “The ‘mass deportation’ of illegal immigrants is certainly and unquestionably incompatible with the subversive plan of ethnic substitution shared by the globalist elite, because it thwarts it and prevents the creation of the premises for social revolt that are intended lead to a further restriction of fundamental freedoms.”

He concluded, “When we hear representatives of the deep church (i.e. the Bergoglian ‘church’) or the deep state speak, we ought to realize that these people are emissaries of the subversive globalist lobby, and that every word they say is false, because behind an apparently acceptable excuse they actually hide unmentionable criminal purposes.”

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