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Entry: Benedict on the Border--A Showdown over Church and Nation-State Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/benedict_on_the_border_a_showdown_of_church_and_nation_state#24943 Post contents: It seems to me that such a statement is contrary to any policy of attrition or incentives for self-deportation. First, 'immigrants' makes no distinction between legal and illegal. There is no mention how these people will change themselves or change those communities they join. And, second, "to help them flourish in their new home" contains no caveat whether they are here legally, whether we want them here, etc. How does one help them "flourish" if they are unwanted? Give them enough food and money to return home? Welfare, room and board for the rest of their lives (and their children's lives too)? Don't get me wrong. Although Protestant, I generally have supported many of the things said by Pope Benedict. He (while Cardinal Ratzinger) even once nodded and smiled at me while I was studying at the Vatican in 2001. But his recent interjections on immigration are disturbing to say the least. Sent at: 2008 07 24