Pope Francis led the opening procession of the Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazon Region from St. Peter’s Basilica to the Synod Hall where he led the opening prayer, Oct. 7, 2019. / null
CNA Newsroom, Jul 8, 2023 / 08:30 am (CNA).
The Vatican has published the names of those participating in the upcoming Synod on Synodality assembly in October, including laypeople who will be full voting delegates at a Catholic Church synod for the first time.
The delegates are made up of representatives selected by bishops’ conferences and Eastern Catholic Churches, leaders in the Roman Curia, and 120 delegates personally selected by Pope Francis.
In total, 363 people will be able to vote in the 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, according to statistics released by the Holy See Press Office on July 7. Among them, 54 of the voting delegates are women.
In addition to the voting members, 75 other participants have been invited to the synod assembly to act as facilitators, experts, or spiritual assistants.
Here is full list of participants:
President
Pope Francis
General Secretary
Cardinal Mario Grech of Malta
President’s Delegates
His Beatitude Ibrahim Isaac Sedrak, Patriarch of Alexandria, head of the Synod of The Coptic Catholic Church, Egypt.
Cardinal Carlos Aguiar Retes, Archbishop of Mexico City, Mexico
Archbishop Gerardo Cabrera Herrera, O.F.M., of Guayaquil, Ecuador
Archbishop Timothy John Costelloe, S.D.B., of Perth, Australia
Bishop Daniel Ernest Flores of Brownsville, Texas, USA
Bishop Lúcio Andrice Muandula of Xai-Xai, Mozambique
Father Giuseppe Bonfrate (Italy)
Sister Maria De Los Dolores Palencia, C.S.J., Mexico
Momoko Nishimura, S.E.M.D. (Japan)
General Relator
Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, S.J., Archbishop of Luxembourg
Special Secretaries
Father Giacomo Costa, S.J., Italy, president of Fondazione Culturale San Fedele of Milan, national spiritual companion of the Italian Christian Workers Associations
Father Riccardo Battocchio, Italy, Rector of the Almo Collegio Capranica, president of the Italian Theological Association
Commission for Information
President: Paolo Ruffini, Prefect of the Dicastery for Communication, Vatican City
Secretary: Sheila Leocádia Pires, communications officer, Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC), Mozambique
From the Eastern Catholic Churches
His Beatitude Ibrahim Isaac Sedrak, Coptic Church Patriarch of Alexandria, head of the Synod of the Coptic Catholic Church
His Beatitude Youssef Absi, patriarch of Antioch of the Greek-Melkites, head of the Synod of the Greek Melkite Catholic Church
His Beatitude Ignace Youssef Iii Younan, Patriarch of Antioch of the Syrians, head of the Synod of the Syrian Catholic Church
Cardinal Béchara Boutros Raï, O.M.M., Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites, head of the Synod of the Maronite Church
Bishop Mounir Khairallah of Batrun of the Maronites
Cardinal Louis Raphaël I Sako, Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans, head of the Synod of the Chaldean Church
His Beatitude Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian, I.C.P.B., Patriarch of Cilicia of Armenians, head of the Synod of the Armenian Catholic Church
His Beatitude Sviatoslav Shevchuk, Major Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyc, Kyiv, head of the Synod of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
Bishop Teodor Martynyuk, M.S.U., Titular Bishop of Mopta, auxiliary bishop of Ternopil-Zboriv
Monsignor Bohdan Dzyurakh, C.SS.R., Apostolic Exarch of Germany and Scandinavia, Titular Bishop of Vagada
Cardinal George Alencherry, Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly, head of the Synod of the Syro-Malabar Church
Metropolitan Archbishop Andrews Thazhath of Trichur, president of the Catholic bishops’ conference of India
Archbishop Joseph Pamplany of Tellicherry, India
His Beatitude Cardinal Baselios Cleemis Thottunkal, head of the Synod of the Syro-Malankara Church
Bishop Cristian Dumitru Crişan, Titular Bishop of Abula, Auxiliary Bishop of Fagaras Si Alba Iulia Dei Romanians
Cardinal Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel, Metropolitan Archbishop of Addis Abeba, president of the Ethiopian and Eritrean bishops’ conference, president of the Council of the Ethiopian Church
Metropolitan Archbishop William Charles Skurla of the Byzantine Archeparchy of Pittsburgh, president of the Council of the Ruthenian Church
Bishop Milan Lach, S.J., auxiliary bishop of Bratislava, Slovakia
Metropolitan Archbishop Menghesteab Tesfamariam of Asmara, president of the Council of the Eritrean Church
Metropolitan Archbishop Fülöp Kocsis of Hajdúdorog for the Byzantine Catholics, president of the Council of the Hungarian Church
Episcopal Conferences
Africa
Northern Africa (CERNA)
Cardinal Cristóbal López Romero, S.D.B., Archbishop of Rabat, Morocco
Angola and Sao Tome
Bishop Joaquim Nhanganga Tyombe of of Uíje, Angola
Benin
Archbishop Coffi Roger Anoumou, Bishop of Lokossa
Botswana, South Africa, and Eswatini
Archbishop Anton Dabula Mpako, Archbishop of Pretoria, Military Ordinary of South Africa
Burkina Faso and Niger
Archbishop Gabriel Sayaogo of Koupéla, Burkina Faso
Burundi
Archbishop Georges Bizimana, Bishop of Ngozi
Cameroon
Archbishop Emmanuel Dassi Youfang of Bafia
Bishop Philippe Alain Mbarga, of Ebolowa
Chad
Bishop Nicolas Nadji Bab of Laï
Republic of Congo
Bishop Ildevert Mathurin Mouanga of Kinkala
Democratic Republic of Congo
Archbishop Marcel Utembi Tapa of Kisangani
Bishop Pierre-Célestin Tshitoko Mamba of Luebo
Côte D’ivoire (Ivory Coast)
Archbishop Marcellin Kouadio Yao of Daloa
Ethiopia
Archbishop Markos Ghebremedhin, C.M., Apostolic Vicar of Jimma-Bonga, Titular Bishop of Gummi of Proconsulari
Gabon
Archbishop Jean-Patrick Iba-Ba of Libreville
Gambia and Sierra Leone
Archbishop Edward Tamba Charles of Freetown, Sierra Leone
Ghana
Bishop Emmanuel Kofi Fianu, S.V.D., of Ho
Archbishop Gabriel Charles Palmer-Buckle of Cape Coast
Guinea
Archbishop Vincent Coulibaly, of Conarkry
Equatorial Guinea
Bishop Juan Domingo-Beka Esono Ayang, C.M.F., of Mongomo, president of the Episcopal Conference
Kenya
Archbishop Martin Kivuva Musonde of Mombasa, president of the Episcopal Conference
Archbishop Anthony Muheria of Nyeri
Lesotho
Bishop John Joale Tlhomola, S.C.P., of Mohale’s Hoek
Liberia
Bishop Anthony Fallah Borwah of Gbarnga
Madagascar
Auxiliary Bishop Jean Pascal Andriantsoavina of Antananavarivo, Titular Bishop of Zallata
Malawi
Archbishop George Desmond Tambala, O.C.D., of Lilongwe, Apostolic Administrator of Zomba
Mali
Bishop Hassa Florent Koné of San
Mozambique
Archbishop Inácio Saure, I.M.C., of Nampula
Namibia
Archbishop Liborius Ndumbukuti Nashenda, O.M.I., of Windhoek
Nigeria
Bishop Donatus Aihmiosion Ogun, O.S.A., of Uromi
Archbishop Ignatius Ayau Kaigama of Abuja
Archbishop Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji of Owerri
Indian Ocean (CEDOI)
Bishop Alain Harel of Port Victoria
Central African Republic
Bishop Nestor-Désiré Nongo-Aziagbia, S.M.A., of Bossangoa
Rwanda
Bishop Edouard Sinayobye of Cyangugu
Senegal, Mauritania, Cape Verde, and Guinea-Bissau
Bishop Ildo Augusto Dos Santos Lopes Fortes of Mindelo, Cape Verde
Sudan
Archbishop Stephen Ameyu Martin Mulla of Juba, South Sudan
Tanzania
Archbishop Jude Thaddaeus Ruwa’ichi, O.F.M. Cap., of Dar-Es-Salaam
Bishop Flavian Kassala of Geita
Togo
Bishop Dominique Banlène Guigbile of Dapaong
Uganda
Bishop Sanctus Lino Wanok of Lira
Zambia
Archbishop Ignatius Chama of Kasama
Zimbabwe
Bishop Raphael Macebo Mabuza Ncube of Hwange
Americas
Antilles
Archbishop Charles Jason Gordon of Porto of Spain
Argentina
Bishop Óscar Vicente Ojea of San Isidro
Archbishop Marcelo Daniel Colombo of Mendoza
Archbishop Carlos Alfonso Azpiroz Costa, O.P. of Bahía Blanca
Bolivia
Bishop Pedro Luis Fuentes Valencia, C.P., of La Paz, Titular Bishop of Temuniana
Brazil
Archbishop Emeritus Geraldo Lyrio Rocha of Mariana
Bishop Joel Portella Amado of São Sebastião do Rio De Janeiro, Titular Bishop of Carmeiano
Bishop Pedro Carlos Cipollini of Santo André
Archbishop Leonardo Ulrich Steiner, O.F.M., of Manaus
Bishop Dirceu De Oliveira Medeiros of Camaçari
Canada
Bishop Marc Pelchat of Québec, Titular Bishop of Lambesi
Bishop Raymond Poisson of Saint-Jérôme-Mont-Laurier
Archbishop John Michael Miller, C.S.B., of Vancouver
Bishop William Terrence Mcgrattan of Calgary
Chile
Archbishop Luis Fernando Ramos Pérez of Puerto Montt
Bishop Carlos Alberto Godoy Labraña of Santiago de Chile, Titular Bishop of Pudenziana
Colombia
Archbishop Luis José Rueda Aparicio of Bogotá
Archbishop Ricardo Antonio Tobón Restrepo of Medellín
Archbishop José Miguel Gómez Rodríguez of Manizales
Costa Rica
Bishop Javier Gerardo Román Arias of Limón
Cuba
Bishop Marcos Pirán of Holguín, Titular Bishop of Boseta
Ecuador
Archbishop Luis Gerardo Cabrera Herrera, O.F.M., of Guayaquil
Bishop David Israel De La Torre Altamirano, Ss.Cc., of Quito, Titular Bishop of Bagai
El Salvador
Bishop William Ernesto Iraheta Rivera of Santiago De María
Guatemala
Bishop Juan Manuel Cuá Ajacúm of Los Altos, Titular Bishop of Rosella
Haiti
Archbishop Launay Saturné of Cap-Haïtie, president of the Episcopal Conference
Honduras
Archbishop José Vicente Nácher Tatay, C.M., of Tegucigalpa
Mexico
Bishop Gerardo Díaz Vázquez of Tacámbaro
Bishop Oscar Efraín Tamez Villarreal of Ciudad Victoria
Archbishop Faustino Armendáriz Jiménez of Durango
Bishop Adolfo Miguel Castaño Fonseca of Azcapotzalco
Nicaragua
Bishop Sócrates René Sándigo Jirón of León
Panama
Bishop Edgardo Cedeño Muñoz, S.V.D. of Penonomé
Paraguay
Bishop Miguel Ángel Cabello Almada of Concepción En Paraguay
Peru
Archbishop Héctor Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte, O.F.M., of Trujillo
Bishop Edinson Edgardo Farfán Córdova, O.S.A., Bishop Prelate of Chuquibambilla
Cardinal Archbishop Pedro Ricardo Barreto Jimeno, S.J., of Huancayo
Puerto Rico
Bishop Rubén Antonio González Medina, C.M.F., of Ponce
Dominican Republic
Bishop Ramón Alfredo De La Cruz Baldera of San Francisco De Macorís
United States of America
Bishop Timothy Broglio, Military Ordinary of the United States of America
Bishop Daniel Ernest Flores of Brownsville, Texas
Bishop Robert Emmet Barron of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota
Bishop Kevin Carl Rhoades of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana
Cardinal Timothy Michael Dolan, Archbishop of New York
Uruguay
Bishop Milton Luis Tróccoli Cebedio of Maldonado-Punta Del Este-Minas
Venezuela
Bishop Juan Carlos Bravo Salazar of Petare
Archbishop José Luis Azuaje Ayala of Maracaibo
Asia
Central Asia
Cardinal Giorgio Marengo, I.M.C., Apostolic Prefect of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Bangladesh
Archbishop Bejoy Nicephorus D’cruze, O.M.I., of Dhaka
China (Chinese Regional Bishops’ Conference)
Bishop Norbert Pu of Kiayi, Taiwan
Korea
Archbishop Peter Chung Soon-Taick, O.C.D., of Seoul
Philippines
Bishop Pablo Virgilio S. David of Kalookan
Cardinal Archbishop Jose F. Advincula of Manila
Bishop Mylo Hubert C. Vergara of Pasig
Japan
Archbishop Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi, S.V.D., of Tokyo
India (CCBI)
Cardinal Filipe Neri António Sebastião Do Rosário Ferrão, Archbishop of Goa and Damão
Archbishop George Antonysamy of Madras and Mylapore
Bishop Alex Joseph Vadakumthala of Kannur
Cardinal Anthony Poola, Archbishop of Hyderabad
Indonesia
Bishop Antonius Subianto Bunjamin, O.S.C., of Bandung
Bishop Adrianus Sunarko, O.F.M., of Pangkalpinang
Iran
Archbishop Dominique Mathieu, O.F.M. Conv., of Tehran-Ispahan of the Latins
Laos and Cambodia
Father Enrique Figaredo Alvargonzalez, S.J., Apostolic Prefect of Battambang, Cambodia
Malaysia-Singapore-Brunei
Cardinal William Seng Chye Goh, Archbishop of Singapore
Myanmar
Bishop John Saw Yaw Han of Kengtung
Arab countries
Monsignor Paolo Martinelli, O.F.M. Cap., Apostolic Vicar of South Arabia
Pakistan
Monsignor Khalid Rehmat, O.F.M. Cap., Apostolic Vicar of Quetta
Sri Lanka
Bishop Raymond Kingsley Wickramasinghe of Galle
Thailand
Cardinal Francis Xavier Kriengsak Kovithavanij, Archbishop of Bangkok
East Timor
Cardinal Virgilio Do Carmo Da Silva, S.D.B., Archbishop of Díli
Vietnam
Bishop Joseph Đo Manh Hùng of Phan Thiêt
Bishop Louis Nguyên Anh Tuán of Hà Tinh
Europe
Albania
Archbishop Arjan Dodaj, F.D.C., of Tiranë-Durrës
Austria
Archbishop Franz Lackner, O.F.M., of Salzburg
Belgium
Bishop Koenraad Vanhoutte of Mechelen-Brussels, Titular Bishop of Tagora
Belarus
Bishop Aliaksandr Yasheuski, S.D.B., of Minsk-Mohilev, Titular Bishop of Fornos Major
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bishop Marko Semren, O.F.M., of Banja Luka, Titular Bishop of Abaradira
Bulgaria
Bishop Strahil Veselinov Kavalenov of Nicopolis
The Czech Republic
Bishop Zdenek Wasserbauer of Praha, Titular Bishop of Butrint
International Episcopal Conference of Sts. Cyril and Methodius
Archbishop Ladislav Nemet, S.V.D., of Beograd, Serbia, president of the Episcopal Conference
Croatia
Bishop Ivan Ćurić, Auxiliary of Ðakovo-Osijek, Titular Bishop of Tela
Russian Federation
Archbishop Paolo Pezzi, F.S.C.B., of Mother of God in Moscow
France
Bishop Alexandre Joly of Troyes
Bishop Jean-Marc Eychenne of Grenoble-Vienne
Bishop Matthieu Rougé of Nanterre
Bishop Benoît Bertrand of Mende
Germany
Bishop Georg Bätzing of Limburg
Bishop Bertram Johannes Meier of Augsburg
Bishop Franz-Josef Overbeck of Essen, Military Ordinary for the Federal Republic of Germany
Great Britain (England & Wales)
Archbishop John Wilson of Southwark
Bishop Marcus Stock of Leeds
Great Britain (Scotland)
Bishop Brian Mcgee of Argyll and the Isles
Greece
Archbishop Georgios Altouvas of Corfu, Zakynthos, and Kefalonia
Ireland
Bishop Brendan Leahy of Limerick
Bishop Alexander Aloysius McGuckian, S.J., of Raphoe
Italy
Archbishop Roberto Repole of Turin, Bishop of Susa
Bishop Franco Giulio Brambilla of Novara
Archbishop Bruno Forte of Chieti-Vasto
Archbishop Domenico Battaglia of Naples
Archbishop Mario Enrico Delpini of Milan
Latvia
Archbishop Zbigņev Stankevičs of Riga
Lithuania
Bishop Algirdas Jurevičius of Telšiai
Malta
Archbishop Charles Jude Scicluna of Malta
Netherlands
Bishop Theodorus Cornelis Maria Hoogenboom of Utrecht, Titular Bishop of Bistue
Poland
Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki of Poznań
Archbishop Adrian Józef Galbas, S.A.C., Coadjutor Archbishop of Katowice
Archbishop Marek Jędraszewski of Kraków
Portugal
Bishop Virgílio do Nascimento Antunes of Coimbra
Bishop José Ornelas Carvalho, S.C.I., of Leiria-Fátima
Romania
Archbishop Gergely Kovács of Alba Iulia, Apostolic Administrator, Ad Nutum Sanctæ Sedis of the Ordinariate for Catholics of the Armenian Rite residing in Romania
Scandinavia
Bishop Czeslaw Kozon of København, Denmark
Slovakia
Bishop Marek Forgáč of Košice, Titular Bishop of Seleuciana
Slovenia
Bishop Maksimilijan Matjaž of Celje
Spain
Archbishop Vicente Jiménez Zamora, Archbishop Emeritus of Zaragoza
Archbishop Luis Javier Argüello García of Valladolid
Bishop Francisco Simón Conesa Ferrer of Solsona
Switzerland
Bishop Felix Gmür of Basel
Turkey
Bishop Massimiliano Palinuro, Apostolic Vicar of Istanbul, Apostolic Administrator Vacant See of the Apostolic Exarchate of Istanbul
Ukraine
Bishop Oleksandr Yazlovetskiy of Kyiv-Zhytomyr, Titular Bishop of Tulana
Hungary
Bishop Gábor Mohos Mohos of Esztergom-Budapest, Titular Bishop of Iliturgi
Oceania
Australia
Archbishop Patrick Michael O’Regan of Adelaide
Bishop Shane Anthony Mackinlay of Sandhurst
New Zealand
Archbishop Paul Gerard Martin, S.M., Coadjutor of Wellington
Pacific
Bishop Paul Patrick Donoghue, S.M., of Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands
Bishop Dariusz Piotr Kałuża, M.S.F., of Bougainville
Bishops Without an Episcopal Conference
Europe
Archbishop Selim Jean Sfeir of Cyprus of the Maronites
Presidents of International Meetings of Episcopal Conferences
Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa And Madagascar (SECAM)
Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, O.F.M. Cap.
Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (FABC)
Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, S.D.B.
Federation of Catholic Bishops’ Conferences of Oceania (FCBCO)
Bishop Antony Randazzo
Council of Bishops’ Conferences of Europe (CCEE)
Bishop Gintaras Grušas
Latin American Bishops’ Council (CELAM)
Bishop Jaime Spengler, O.F.M.
The Union of Superiors General and the International Union of Superiors General
Sister Nadia Coppa, A.S.C., president of the International Union of Superiors General (UISG)
Sister Elizabeth Mary Davis, R.S.M.
Brother Mark Hilton, S.C., Superior General of the Brothers of the Sacred Heart
Sister Elysée Izerimana, Op. S.D.N., General Councilor of the Working Sisters of the Holy House of Nazareth
Abbot Mauro-Giuseppe Lepori, O. Cist., Abbot General of the Cistercian Order
Sister Patricia Murray, I.B.V.M., executive secretary of the International Union of Superiors General (UISG)
Sister Maria Nirmalini, A.C., Superior General of the Sisters of the Apostolic Carmelite Order
Brother Ernesto Sánchez, F.M.S., Superior General of the Marist Brothers
Father Arturo Sosa, S.I., Superior General of the Society of Jesus
Father Gebresilasie Tadesse Tesfaye, M.C.C.J., Superior General of the Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus
Heads of Dicasteries of the Roman Curia
Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State
Archbishop Edgar Peña Parra, Sostituto for the Secretariat of State
Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, Secretary for the Relations with States
Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization
Archbishop Salvatore Fisichella, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization
Archbishop Víctor Manuel Fernández, future Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, papal almoner, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Service of Charity
Archbishop Claudio Gugerotti, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches
Cardinal Arthur Roche, Prefect for the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
Cardinal Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot, M.C.C.J., Prefect of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue
Archbishop Robert Francis Prevost, O.S.A., Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops
Cardinal Lazarus You Heung-Sik, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Clergy
Cardinal João Braz De Aviz, Prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life And Societies of Apostolic Life
Cardinal Kevin Joseph Farrell, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Laity, Family And Life
Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, Prefect of the Dicastery of the Causes of Saints
Cardinal Kurt Koch, Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity.
Cardinal José Tolentino De Mendonça, Prefect of the Dicastery for Culture And Education
Cardinal Michael Czerny, S.J., Prefect of the Dicastery for the Service of Integral Human Development
Archbishop Filippo Iannone, O. Carm., Prefect of the Dicastery for Legislative Texts
Paolo Ruffini, Prefect of the Dicastery for Communication
Members Nominated by Pope Francis
Cardinal Carlos Aguiar Retes, Archbishop of Mexico City, Mexico
Bishop Juan Ignacio Arrieta Ochoa De Chinchetru, Secretary of the Dicastery for Legislative Texts, Vatican City
Cardinal Jeans-Marc Aveline, Archbishop of Marseille, France
Archbishop Ignace Bessi Dogbo, Archbishop of Korhogo, Ivory Coast
Father Giuseppe Bonfrate, Italy
Bishop Dante Gustavo Braida, Bishop of La Rioja, Argentina
Archbishop Erio Castellucci, Archbishop of Modena-Nantola-Carpi, Italy
Bishop Stephen Chow Sau-Yan of Hong Kong, China
Archbishop Timothy Costelloe, S.D.B., Archbishop of Perth, Australia
Cardinal Blase Cupich, Archbishop of Chicago, USA
Cardinal Jozef De Kesel, Archbishop Emeritus of Mechelen-Brussels, Belgium
Bishop Lizardo Estrada Herrera, O.S.A., Auxiliary Bishop of Cuzco, Peru, Titular
Bishop of Ausuccura, Secretary General of the Latin American bishops’ conference (CELAM)
Archbishop Paul Dennis Etienne, Archbishop of Seattle, USA
Cardinal Juan De La Caridad García Rodríguez, Archbishop of San Cristóbal de La Habana, Cuba
Bishop Felix Genn, Bishop of Münster, Germany
Cardinal Wilton Gregory, Archbishop of Washington, D.C., USA
Cardinal Jeans-Claude Hollerich, S.I., Relator General of the Synod on Synodality, Archbishop of Luxembourg
Bishop Nicholas Gilbert Hudson, Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster, Great Britain
Archbishop Dražen Kutleša, Archbishop of Zagreb, Croatia
Cardinal Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer, S.J., Prefect Emeritus of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, Vatican City
Cardinal Robert Walter McElroy, Bishop of San Diego, USA
Bishop Marco Mellino, Secretary of the Council of Cardinals, Vatican City
Bishop Gjergj Meta, Bishop of Rrëshen, Albania
Bishop Lucius Andrew Muandula, Bishop of Xai-Xai, Mozambique
Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Vatican City
Bishop Antonello Mura, Bishop of Nuoro, Italy
Archbishop Robert Christopher Ndlovu, Archbishop of Harare, Apostolic Administrator of Masvingo, Zimbabwe
Bishop Manuel Nin, O.S.B., Apostolic Exarch for Byzantine Rite Catholics in Greece, Titular Bishop of Carcabia, Greece
Cardinal Seán Patrick O’malley, O.F.M. Cap., Archbishop of Boston, USA
Bishop Stefan Oster, S.D.B., Bishop of Passau, Germany
Cardinal Marc Ouellet, P.S.S., Prefect Emeritus of the Dicastery for Bishops, Vatican City
Bishop Joseph-Csaba Pál, Bishop of Timişoara, Romania
Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga, S.D.B., Archivist Emeritus of Tegucicalpa, Honduras
Archbishop Angel S. Rossi, S.J., Archbishop of Córdoba, Argentina
Archbishop Grzegorz Ryś, Archbishop of Lodz, Polonia
Archbishop Joseph Spiteri, Apostolic Nuncio to Mexico, Mexico
Bishop Radoslaw Zmitrowicz, O.M.I., Auxiliary Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, Ukraine
Enrique Alarcón García, president of the Christian Fraternity of People with Disabilities of Spain, Spagna
Father Riccardo Battocchio, Rector of the Almo Collegio Capranica in Rome, President of the Italian Theological Association, Italy
Sister Simona Brambilla, Superior General of the Consolata Missionaries, Italy
Father Luis Miguel Castillo Gualda, Rector of the Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Valencia, Spain
Father Giacomo Costa, S.J., president of the San Fedele Cultural Foundation of Milan; National Spiritual Companion of the Italian Christian Workers’ Associations, A.C.L.I., Italy
Cristina Inogés Sanz, Theologian, Spain
Father James Martin, S.J., USA
Sister Maria De Los Dolores Palencia, C.S.J.
Sister Samuela Maria Rigon, S.S.M., Superior General of the Sisters of Our Lady of Sorrows, Italy
Father Elias Royón, Vicar for Consecrated Life of the Archdiocese of Madrid, Spain
Father Antonio Spadaro, S.J., director of La Civiltà Cattolica, Italy
Sister Xiskya Lucia Valladares, Nicaragua, co-founder of Imisión, director of the Communication Department of the Centro De Enseñanza Superior Alberta Giménez (CESAG), Comillas Pontifical University
Sister María De Fátima Vieira Diniz, S.Smo.S., Superior General of the Servants of the Blessed Sacrament, Venezuela
From the Continental Assemblies (also selected by Pope Francis)
Africa
Father Vitalis Chinedu Anaehobi
Father Michel Jean-Paul Guillaud
Sister Ester Maria Lucas, F.C.
Sister Josée Ngalula, R.S.A.
Norha Kofognotera Nonterah
Father Agbonkhianmeghe Emmanuel Orobator, S.I.
Sheila Leocádia Pires
Sister Marie Solange Randrianirin, F.S.P.
Sister Solange Sahon Sia, N.D.C.
Father Rafael Simbine Junior
North America
Sami Aoun
Cynthia Bailey Manns
Catherine Clifford
Richard Coll
Chantal Desmarais
Father Ivan Montelongo
Wyatt Olivas
Julia Osęka
Sister Leticia Salazar
Linda Staudt
Latin America
Erika Sally Aldunate Loza
Jesus Alberto Briceño Cherubini
Sister Rosmery Castañeda Montoya
José Manuel De Urquidi Gonzalez
María Cristina Dos Anjos Da Conceição
Sister Gloria Liliana Franco Echeverri, O.D.N.
Sônia Gomes De Oliveira
Father Francisco Gerardo Hernández Rojas
Valeria Karina López
Néstor Esaú Velásquez Téllez
Asia
Vanessa Cheng Siu Wai
Rosalia Minus Cho Cho Tin
Father Joel Casimiro Da Costa Pinto, O.F.M.
Father Clarence Devadass
Father William La Rousse, M.M.
Father Momoko Nishimura, S.E.M.D.
Estela Padilla
Anna Teresa Peter Amandus
Sister Lalitha Thomas, S.J.T.
Father Vimal Tirimanna
Eastern Churches and the Middle East
Adel Abolouh
Father Khalil Alwan, M.L.
Saad Antti
Sister Houda Fadoul
Sister Caroline Jarjis
Rita Kouroumilian
Caroline Rafaat Awd Narouz
Claire Said
Lina Taschmann
Matthew Thomas
Europe
Aleksander Banka
Geert De Cubber
Giuseppina De Simone
Sister Anne Ferrand
Helena Jeppesen-Spuhler
Sister Anna Mirijam Kaschner, C.P.S.
Father Jan Nowotnik
Oksana Pimenova
Father Luis Manuel Romero Sanchez
Maria Sabov
Oceania
Manuel Beazley
Trudy Dantis
Renée Köhler-Ryan
John Lochowiak
Father Denis Nacorda
Kelly Paget
Sister Mary Angela Perez, R.S.M.
Father Sijeesh Pullenkunnel
Susan Sela
Grace Wrackia
Under-Secretaries of the General Secretariat of the Synod
Bishop Luis Marín De San Martín, O.S.A., Titular Bishop of Suliana
Sister Nathalie Becquart, X.M.C.J.
Members of the Ordinary Council
Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, S.D.B., Archbishop of Yangon, Myanmar
Bishop Jaime Calderón Calderón of f Tapachula, Mexico
Cardinal Joseph Coutts, Archbishop of Karachi, Pakistan
Archbishop Anthony Colin Fisher, O.P., of Sydney, Australia
Archbishop Andrew Nkea Fuanya of Bamenda, Cameroon
Cardinal Oswald Gracias, Archbishop of Bombay, India
Cardinal Gérald Cyprien Lacroix, I.S.P.X., Archbishop of Québec, Canada
Archbishop Gabriel Mbilingi, C.S.Sp., of Lubango, Angola
Cardinal Dieudonné Nzapalainga, C.S.Sp., Archbishop of Bangui, Central African Republic
Cardinal Juan José Omella Omella, Archbishop of Barcelona, Spain
Cardinal Sérgio Da Rocha, Metropolitan Archbishop of São Salvador Da Bahia, Brazil
Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, O.P., Archbishop of Wien, Austria, president of the Episcopal Conference of Austria
Cardinal Daniel Fernando Sturla Berhouet, S.D.B., Archbishop of Montevideo, Uruguay
Cardinal Joseph William Tobin, C.Ss.R., Archbishop of Newark, USA
His Beatitude Ignace Youssef Iii Younan, Syrian Patriarch of Antioch, head of the Synod of the Syrian Catholic Church, Lebanon
Cardinal Matteo Maria Zuppi, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy
Special Guests
Father Alois, Prior of the Taizé Community, France
Luca Casarini, Mediterranea Saving Humans, Italy
Monsignor Severino Dianich, theologian, Italy
Eva Fernández Mateo, Catholic Action
Margaret Karram, Work of Mary-Focolare Movement
Father Hervé Legrand, O.P., theologian, France
Monsignor Armando Matteo, secretary of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, Vatican City
Father Thomas Schwartz, Germany
Other Participants
Spiritual Assistants
Father Timothy Peter Joseph Radcliffe, O.P., Oxford Monastery, Great Britain
Mother Maria Ignazia Angelini, O.S.B., Monastery of Viboldone, Italy
Referent for the Liturgy
Father Matteo Ferrari, O.S.B. Cam., Della Comunità Di Camaldoli
Experts and Facilitators
Father Dario Vitali, Italy, Coordinator of Theological Experts
Wissam Abdo, Lebanon
Father Adelson Araújo Dos Santos, S.I., Brazil
Father Paul Béré, S.J., Burkina Faso
Sister María Luisa Berzosa González, F.I., Spain
Monsignor Philippe Bordeyne, France
Monsignor Alphonse Borras, Belgium
Father Andrea Bozzolo, S.D.B., Italy
Father Pedro Manuel Brassesco, Argentina
Father Agenor Brighenti, Brazil
loy Bueno De La Fuente, Spain
Monsignor Valentino Bulgarelli, Italy
Father Juan Jorge Bytton Arellano, S.J., Peru
Sister Daniela Adriana Cannavina, C.M.R., Colombia
Sister María Suyapa Cacho Álvarez, Honduras
Father Carlo Casalone, S.J., Italy
Sandra Chaoul, Lebanon
Sister Maria Cimperman, R.S.C.J., USA
Monsignor Piero Coda, Italy
Professor Eamon Conway, Ireland
Sandie Cornish, Australia
Father Ian Cribb, S.J., Australia
Professor Klára Antonia Csiszár, Romania
Father Hyacinthe Destivelle, O.P., France
Sister Anne Béatrice Faye, C.I.C., Ivory Coast
Paolo Foglizzo, Italy
Father Carlos Maria Galli, Argentina
Iris Gonzales, Dominican Republic
Father Gaby Alfred Hachem, Lebanon
Sister Philomena Shizue Hirota, M.M.B., Japan
Austen Ivereigh, Great Britain
Claire Jonard, Belgium
Sister Jolanta Maria Kafka, R.M.I., Poland
Christina Kheng, Singapore
Leonardo Lima Gorosito, Uruguay
Mauricio Lopez Oropeza, Ecuador
Sister Laurence Loubières, X.M.C.J., Canada
Professor Rafael Luciani, Venezuela
Father Anthony Makunde, Tanzania
Father Miguel Martin, S.J., Brazil
Father David Mc Callum, S.J., USA
Father Vito Mignozzi, Italy
Sister Paola Nelemta Ngarndiguimal, S.P.C., Chad
Susan Pascoe, Australia
Father Asaeli Raass, S.V.D., Fiji Islands
Sister Yvonne Reungoat, F.M.A., France
Father Gilles Routhier, Canada
Anna Rowlands, Great Britain
Father Ormond Rush, Australia
Father José San Jose Prisco, Spain
Monsignor Pierangelo Sequeri, Italy
Thomas Söding, Germany
Sister Nicoletta Vittoria Spezzati, A.S.C., Italy
Father Christoph Theobald, S.I., France
Erica Tossani, Italy
Monsignor Juan Fernando Usma Gómez, Colombia
Myriam Wijlens, Holland
General Secretariat of the Synod
Father Justo Ariel Beramendi Orellana
Thierry Bonaventura, Communication Manager
Father Pasquale Bua
Pietro Camilli
Alfonso Salvatore Cauteruccio
Andrea Cimino
Karina Fujisawa Simonetti
Tanyja George, M. Id.
Father Ambrogio Ivan Samus
Noemi Sanches
Monsignor Tomasz Trafny
Federica Vivian
Paola Volterra Toppano
Pedro Paulo Oliveira Weizenmann
Sister Marie-Kolbe Zamora, O.S.F.
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Francis needs to stop interfering with the political will of the people of the USA.
But look what this Pope does in his own little nation:
“Vatican Promises Stiff Penalties for Illegal Aliens Crossing its Border
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2025/01/16/vatican-promises-stiff-penalties-for-illegal-aliens-crossing-its-border/
I agreed. Our current Holy Father never adored our President Trump and the mass illegal immigrants have already destroyed the safety and security of American people to have peace in living. Did our Pope consider the huge human trafficking to cause Americans in taking the fentanyl to death and mental crush, the rapes, the sexual business? Right now, President Trump is trying to clear up and clean up the Deep State their unending corruption at least for the past 20 years. Our Pope is sitting inside the Rome and giving the sarcastic remarks how terrible for what the United States of deportation of illegal migrants. I am as a cradle Catholic just so sad to hear what his ridiculous and nonsense and critical comments without constructive advices instead using the Bible to be kind of manipulation. No wonder our Mass have so many empty pews. It’s upset me after Pope Francis as our Holy Father, there are many young Catholics converted to other churches. I wish our US Bishops should require the entire American Catholic Churches in praying the movement for Trump’s administration instead condemning his greatest and beneficial policies. I heard someone suggested how about our Pope to take over those American illegal immigrants to Rome if he doesn’t concern about the safety of American peoples life. Sorry I hate to criticize our Holy Father but since he’s Pope, all I see he is more cling to communism because he never spoke one word to condemn Hong Kong government how to arrest so many innocent protestors.
Of course no such letter regarding the democrats’ pro abortion and pro transgender lgbtq policies. Not being consistent just indicates a political preference.
I agree that this is disturbing. However, I doubt that sending letters to Democrats would make any difference. Pres. Biden (and other Democrat elected officials in the U.S.) professes to be a “good Catholic” but utterly ignores the Catholic (and many Protestant sects’) teaching against abortion. Of course, we could be charitable and contend that Pres. Biden was just suffering from the onset of old age “confusion”–but many Catholic-professing politicians are certainly in their right minds and still support “the right of a woman to choose to kill her child.” Even Bluey (the beloved cartoon dog from Australia) recognizes that a baby in the womb is a baby! God be merciful to Americans!
Agree jbg. No apocalyptic crisis statement about abortions in the U.S. (including as a media event at the Democrat National Convention) or the transgender surgical mutilation of confused and manipulated children. Those statements would have been welcomed.
Respect for human dignity of all? Yes, definitely. But open borders and no immigration that is illegal. A profoundly political statement that certainly can be ignored by faithful Catholics.
The beam in thine own eye prevents the seeing of dignity, order, charity, civility, justice in another. Does the pope have any claim on any US Catholic citizen except canonically? He himself should recognize the rigid legalistic pharisaism in putting forth a canonical argument. We note the words and we note the shape of the tongue putting them out.
Sorry Francis, wrong again! In a nation governed by the rule of law, the law comes first. We are to uphold the dignity of law abiding, tax paying citizens first and foremost. If you’re so cover about immigrants, open up the Vatican City to migrants. Let us know how that goes.
Jesus the Refugee. How can any American in good conscience now oppose open borders if Our Lord himself wandered about seeking refugee status?
Agreed. I’m headed to the safety of the good life guarded by Swiss dudes tucked inside the Vatican walls.
Birds have their nests, the fox his lair. But the son of man has nowhere to lay his head. Did he not say that? He wanders in the desert seeking entrance into our miserable hearts. Yet we hesitate to dismantle the barriers that keep him outside in the cold. To offer him more than the usual tryst.
Jesus and His Father set an example for us by Giving us Laws and urging that we follow them. Jesus was not illegal. Jesus was neither sinner nor criminal. Jesus was not illegal.
Jesus was King, living in the world but not of it. Borders between sovereign nations do not keep Jesus out. Have you not heard? Jesus can go anywhere and everywhere, passing through walls, closed doors, and even hard hearts when that is His sovereign will.
My response to God’s Fool is intended to be spiritual only, not an oblique support of illegal migration, which I have consistently written against.
You’ll be arrested, sure, and maybe luck will place you in the Vatican walled prison. Francis may deliver ice cream to you.
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2021/09/08/vatican-pope-francis-ice-cream/1231631103034/
How can the Vatican have walls and announce more strict penalties on illegals there? https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2025/01/15/vatican-cracks-down-on-illegal-entry-into-its-territory/
Jesus was not a refugee, and He would not have violated the law. We do not have open borders. The border is governed by established federal laws that must be upheld. It is a matter of law, not conscience. As a priest, you should not be aiding and betting criminal behavior.
The Holy Family were in fact seeking refuge from Herod but within another region of the Roman Empire where there were already Jewish communities.
Fr. Morello has a heart for those in need & oppressed. We all should. We should also realize that the US is by default cooperating with criminal smuggling gangs by not securing our border properly & not establishing & enforcing better immigration & visa laws. Our enabling the cartels creates more of the violence in Latin America that people are fleeing from. It’s a never ending circle of corruption & extortion that we need to put the brakes on.
I’m obliged to defend myself here because of your damaging accusation. If I’m wrong, correct me. You apparently are referring to me since I believe I’m the only priest commenting. My comments were not intended to support open borders or illegal migration. I take offense to your accusation of my aiding and abetting criminal behavior, which is slander. Serious sin.
How can anyone think that I would actually believe that “Our Lord himself wandered about seeking refugee status”? Unless he had a preset prejudiced opinion of me, because its sarcasm is so evident? You must suffer from Fr Morello Derangement Syndrome.
You have expressed support for illegal immigration in multiple posts now. Your points, though morally misguided, have, nonetheless, been perfectly clear. Recognizing that fact is not slander; it’s simply calling you out. You just don’t it like when people expose and challenge your viewpoints on the site.
If charity in respect to limited hardship cases is deemed support of illegal immigration I proudly stand guilty.
How can we not support open borders? For the same reason we support prisons–because we don’t want criminals to murder Americans, sell them drugs, run inner-city street gangs, or kidnap our kids for sex-trafficking. Decent, law-abiding people are welcome into our land, but not criminals. Adding an influx of criminals into our nation would be nightmarish for our police departments who are woefully short-staffed due to our decreasing population (due in large part to legal abortion). Let the good refugees in and welcome them with open arms–they are a part of our hope for the future of the United States! But keep the criminals OUT, please! Nations, including the Vatican, have a right to protect their borders and their people.
That comment was sarcasm Mrs Whitlock.
I hear you Father. Johnny Cash had some thoughts on this matter:
“If you’ve never fed the hungry, or given clothes to the poor
If you’ve never helped the stranger who came knocking on your door
If you forgot to send some flowers to sick and shut-in friend
Well if you ain’t helping none of these, then you ain’t helping Him
If you’ve ever seen some children, playing ball behind a school
If you’ve ever watched an old man, plowing ground behind mule
If you’ve ever stopped and listened, when you could not hear a sound
Then brother you have met Him, because Jesus gets around
Would you recognise Jesus if you met Him face to face?
Or would you wonder if He’s just another one you could not place?
You may not find Him coming in a chariot of the Lord, Jesus could be riding in a “49 Ford”
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How we deal with each other face to face can differ from how we enforce federal policies. But it shouldn’t be one or the other. Hopefully one day it will be both. We need immigrants. We just need them to come here safely, minus organized crime
The dignity of illegal immigrants can be upheld as they are arrested and deported in an efficient, professional and humane manner. Force may be needed, although how much depends on if they resist while being apprehended. Discrimination against lawbreakers is quite justifiable. There is some suffering associated with being jailed and expelled from a country where one has no right to be. Law enforcement should, of course, avoid brutality in carry out their duties, but sometimes some violence is required. The United States has no moral or legal obligation to take in any person “seeking a better life.” It certainly owes absolutely no consideration to anyone who came in without permission.
The act of deporting people who in many cases have left their own land for reasons of extreme poverty, insecurity, exploitation, persecution, or serious deterioration of the environment damages the dignity of many men and women, and of entire families, and places them in a state of particular vulnerability and defenselessness,” he said.
That statement by the Pope is so vague that anyone can place themselves in a position where they feel they have a right to illegal enter another country. How many of the millions of people who crossed the border sought out refugee statu?
On another issue, where was the justice in the Pope shutting down the TLM.
Bare-knuckled clericalism. Is there a lay sphere? There was for Biden…
And for what it’s worth, the Holy Family were not illegal immigrants. They never left the Roman Empire. Unlike the Pope, God does not enable others to disobey laws. (See, Amoralist Laetitia.)
The Holy Family also returned to Judea once the threat was over.
The property and safety of legal citizens come first. The political scoldings of Jorge Bergoglio come last.
The safety of folks in places like Latin America is important to consider also. The more illegal entries, the more profit to the trafficking cartels and the more violence back on the home turf where they operate.
We just enable and strengthen organized crime through our lack of border security.
Equating the three members of the Holy Family and the single victim in the story of the Good Samaritan, which is also done, with the flood of immigrants coming over open borders is quite a stretch. God gave Joseph and Pharaoh a heads up about seven years of plenty followed by seven years of famine to give them time to prepare. The Pope and adulthood responsibility look like they are not on speaking terms. I’m tired of him making messes and then using emotional blackmail and extortion to make others clean them up.
Can His Holiness cite an Egyptian law that the Holy Family broke when they emigrated to Egypt?
I don’t think it broke any law since Egypt, if I remember correctly, was under the Roman Empire. There were established Jewish communities in Egypt at the time also.
All I see in the comments is a grand display of the arrogance of the typical American Catholic!
Ify Oby: easy solution…don’t come here to read them.
Much like the Democrats, he seems to be on the wrong side of every issue.
Note to Francis: No one has a RIGHT to enter the United States unless we consent. Most certainly they have no claim on the many financial resources we have here.That very issue has caused great difficulty in our attempts to care for our OWN poor and needy. Its notable that he NEVER suggests these illegals have a home country of birth that should be taking responsibility for them. That they do not do so is less a reflection of lack of resources as much as greed, government corruption, crime and political power struggles. Why doesn’t he say something?? And how do these people become OUR problem?
Why does he not tell the illegals that if a country allows them entry, they have a moral obligation to obey ALL that country’s laws and not engage in crime?
I could phrase this more forcefully, but an awful lot of us would like Francis to stop targeting the US for his opinions on illegals.
What is so terrible about sending illegal migrants back to their home countries? We are not putting them out to sea on a raft with no food and water. They are not being sent to a gulag or concentration camp or sold into slavery. They are being flown back, at our expense, to where they were raised and where many still have family and friends.
Few face death (as Herod threatened the Christ Child) or imprisonment in their native countries. For those who do, we have an asylum system which has been very
much abused by healthy adults seeking more earning opportunities.
The Vatican seems totally unwilling to make vital distinctions. “Don’t confuse me with the facts.,” they seem to say.
Our asylum laws are set up so that anyone who steps foot on US soil has the right to request asylum, whether they enter legally or not. The only requirement is that they have credible fear of returning home, not facing an imminent death. Sadly a great many migrants really have been threatened with extortion & bodily harm to themselves & their families. People aren’t stupid though. That claim can also be abused to gain asylum. The more we allow cartels to bring people here, the more people will have legit claims of asylum due to increased gang turf wars back home.
If our laws need tweaking that’s on us to fix.
“Threatened with bodily harm”.. Well, thats a lot different than threatened with death. Further, why didnt they then remain in Mexico when they arrived THERE? But no, they have a bearing interest in coming to the US. Its likely because Mexico isnt so free with a peso to criminal migrants and is not putting them up in luxury hotels.
This week our Coast Guard captured a Chinese migrant trying to paddle from Bermuda to Florida!!! Bermuda is a tourist spot, how bad can it be?? Why didnt the Chinese migrant STAY there? Thats because this is NOT about safety, its about getting freebies , crime and taking our jobs in the US . Illegals go home!
AS I have said before, there are billions of folks out there who would come here if they could. Witness what happened these last 4 years. Its a catastrophe for us here. The time has come to say NO to an overflow of folks breaking in here. We cannot absorb or Americanize them in those numbers. Thats assuming they even WANT to be Americanized. I say bravo to Tom Homan and Trump for the job they are doing.
Good points. And maybe the responsible thing for them to do is to return home and try to be agents of change in their own societies rather than being burdens on ours.
I’m not a theologian, so I have a question.
If a pope is infallibly fallible, as Bergoglio clearly is, does it count as infallibility?
Why would you write an article like this?
The people of this country and the current group of deportees are at odds because one group believes in abiding by our laws and the other not only violates by crossing illegally but also committing crimes here as they did in their own country.
Wake up and get your facts straight.
By citing the Pope you purposely try to infuse your opinion by hiding behind the the authority of the Pope. Shameful!
A couple of thoughts; 1.A lot of United States illegal drug money from people in the US buying illegal drugs fueled the cartels for decades all so US citizens can enjoy their high. For Example Stevie Nicks from the famous band Fleetwoodmac admittedly spent over a million dollars on cocaine. That million really helped build up the cartels who create the violent atmosphere the some migrants have to flee from.
2. Having said that I agree that we should at least consider sending all illegal immigrants back for another reason. They will certainty change the voting power of the party or politicians that allows illegal immigration further fueling fentanyl, theft, rape, murder and terrorists entering the US. Not all but enough where both Americans and Immigrants suffer.
3. Suggestion, send them back humanely with help in their home countries. Work with their governments and provide food, safety etc where they live there. Then at least we can trust the Bishops and Catholic Charities that they are not assisting illegal activities.
Absolutely. We are on the receiving end of the drug smuggling. It takes two sides cooperating for a smuggling operation to continue, no matter what kind of contraband.
“All so US Citizens can enjoy their high”….Really?? Well, you must know about ADDICTION, don’t you? Its not so easy to kick. Ask anyone who is overweight or a chain smoker. And that stuff is easy to kick compared to drugs and alcohol. When drugs are free flowing, they are CHEAP. Therefore more people are apt to try them. You do have the Hollywood and music folk who do it to seem cool. But an awful lot of the dead fentanyl victims are young kids too stupid not to respond to a dare , or simply lacking the understanding this could kill them. Tighten up supplies of street drugs and guess what? They become too expensive for a lot of those types of young or marginal users to buy. Therefore they DON’T become addicts and they dont die. And the sex trafficking, thats the subject of a whole other long winded post. But the source is exactly the same. Creepy illegal criminals waved into the US by leftists and the Biden folk.
Its clear the Pope is uninformed on the negative impact of illegal immigration. Therefore maybe it would be smart for him to stop talking about it. He is seemingly on the side of those who bring death and violent crime into our nation. Americans are not interested in this pope’s take on the subject.
Agree with all your points and thanks for the clarification on point 1. My use of the phrase “so US Citizens can enjoy their high” did not take into account kids drug use and the need for better law enforcement. I was thinking of celebrities and rock stars when I wrote that. THx!
John Daniel Davidson on Pope Francis’ letter – The Federalist, Feb. 12.
As a Catholic, I didn’t get to vote for Jorge Bergoglio as my Pope.
I did vote for Trump/Vance as my President and Vice President.
When it comes to running our country, I’ll defer to my elected officials and ask Pope Francis to mind his own business.
I’ll defer
Thank you Miss Hannah B. for this article. I agree with Ms. Cindy Chin’s stances enraged at pontifical hypocrisy.
Seems the opposition to homegrown successful honest patriots Trump/Vance has roots in filthy lucre: evidence the scandals not well reported- of both harmful issues hurting/killing Americans -the forced Covid vax and illegal immigration- exposed the disgusting cozy relationship between Vatican/USCCB and Obama/Biden Demoncrats- who used taxpayers’ millions PAID to USCCB for THEIR support! Evil wants to destroy Democracy.
Then the Bishops sued Trump/Vance to continue receiving that $? Repentance yet I pray attending daily Traditional Latin/English Mass.
Sound reasoning, as always, Mrs. Cracker, Athanasius, et al.