Q. I am getting ready for my annual trip out east to spend time with my mother over the holidays.
Mom is in her 80s and it is getting more and more difficult for her to do everything — yet she insists on keeping up all of the old traditions and will not allow any of us to help.
By the time I leave she is exhausted and I am stressed and feeling guilty. Is there any way to convince her all the “fuss” is not necessary, without hurting her feelings?
(A daughter in Dodgeville)
To the editor: […]
Rev. Msgr. James […]
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Estimados hermanos y hermanas en Cristo:
En el transcurso de dos mil años, la Iglesia católica ha desarrollado una pericia especial en el campo de la inmigración. Nuestra Iglesia universal ha observado y participado en emigraciones a lo largo y ancho del planeta. Hemos ayudado a millones de inmigrantes — católicos y no católicos — a prosperar en tierras nuevas. Hemos hecho esto y lo seguiremos haciendo porque vemos la imagen y semejanza de Dios en cada ser humano. Empezando con los profetas hasta las recientes enseñanzas papales, el mensaje de la Iglesia ha sido consistente: acoge al forastero (Mt 25:35).
Reconocemos que los católicos, todos con recta conciencia, tienen diferentes puntos de vista sobre las políticas migratorias de EE.UU. También sabemos que muchas personas están descontentas con el statu quo y buscan una solución viable. Nuestras enseñanzas católicas nos proporcionan principios importantes que nos sirven como guía.
Nuestro Catecismo aborda directamente el deber de las naciones prósperas, como la nuestra, de acoger a los extranjeros que buscan una mejor vida y a respetar su derecho natural de emigrar. A su vez, reconoce el derecho de los gobiernos de regular la inmigración para beneficio del bien común (Catecismo de la Iglesia Católica, nda ed., n. 2241). Este deber y este derecho no son incompatibles; es posible respetar ambos.
La mayoría de los norteamericanos reconoce que somos una nación de inmigrantes. A su vez, a muchos les preocupa profundamente el que millones de inmigrantes vivan en EE.UU. sin la autorización legal. Nosotros también compartimos esta inquietud; el obedecer las leyes es fundamental para cualquier sociedad estable. Como norteamericanos, no obstante, debemos reconocer que algunas de nuestras políticas y prácticas exteriores e interiores han contribuido al ingreso ilegal de inmigrantes.
To the editor:
I just read the article on efforts to provide constitutional protections for pre-born children in Wisconsin.
Catholics who argue that a Wisconsin Personhood Amendment is “wrong for Wisconsin” might look to the Catechism for guidance. Taken from an excerpt of Donum Vitae (authored by Cardinal Ratzinger before he became Pope Benedict XVI), Catechism 2270 states, “From the first moment of his existence, a human being must be recognized as having the rights of a person among which is the inviolable right of every innocent being to life.”
MADISON — Wisconsin’s Roman Catholic bishops are asking Catholics and others to reach out to immigrants and to back comprehensive immigration reform that does not unfairly discriminate against them in a pastoral letter to Wisconsin’s largest religious denomination.
The bishops released the letter, “Traveling Together in Hope,” on December 12, the feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mother of the Americas.
MADISON — Have you ever wondered how your retired parish priest is enjoying their retirement years? Are they able to live life without the worry of being able to pay for their general expenses?
MADISON — Our Lady of Guadalupe does not just stand as a statue in a church, as a painting on a church or home wall, or as an art image on a book page. The Patroness of the Americas also travels on roads throughout the Madison Diocese.
To the editor:
The introduction of a personhood amendment to the Wisconsin Constitution provides a wonderful opportunity to engage our neighbors in the critical question of how we treat young people in our state.
Many citizens have not been exposed to the joyful message of hope found in the encyclical Humanae Vitae of the Servant of God Pope Paul VI, and do not realize how contraception poisons our culture and even the intimate relationships of spouses.
To the editor:
The veiled question at the heart of Professor Kreeft’s talk seems to have been, “Can a Catholic vote for a Democrat?” That question is hardly worth discussing unless self-justification is its purpose.
Ask instead which party is the more likely to feed the poor, house the homeless, and provide for the elderly and disabled. Then ask which party has thrust our nation into its current multitrillion-dollar debt immediately following a presidency marked by balanced budgets and prosperity.
