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By Fr. John A. Perricone, Crisis Magazine, Sept. 27, 2023

Fr. John A. Perricone, Ph.D., is an adjunct professor of philosophy at Iona College in New Rochelle, New York. His articles have appeared in St. John’s Law Review, The Latin Mass, New Oxford Review and The Journal of Catholic Legal Studies. He can be reached at frjohn1765@icloud.com.

Not only do nations have the right to enact laws that limit immigration but also nations have as their principal obligation to first assure the common welfare of its own citizens.

To quickly answer the question asked by the title of this article: Of course not.

But listening to most Church leaders today, a Catholic would think that it is one of those sins that cry out to Heaven for vengeance (pardon that terribly antediluvian reference.)

In fact, opposition to it is a mandate of both the virtue of Justice and holy Charity. Before arguing that seemingly counterintuitive statement (considered so only against the noise of current nostrums), some background is in order. …

Fr. John A. Perricone: Is Opposition to Illegal Immigration a Sin?

Democrats Have Become The Party Of Authoritarianism. They Only Understand Power, by John Daniel Davidson

Saint of the Day for September 28: St. Wenceslaus

By Fr. John A. Perricone, Crisis Magazine, Sept. 27, 2023

Not only do nations have the right to enact laws that limit immigration but also nations have as their principal obligation to first assure the common welfare of its own citizens.

To quickly answer the question asked by the title of this article: Of course not.

But listening to most Church leaders today, a Catholic would think that it is one of those sins that cry out to Heaven for vengeance (pardon that terribly antediluvian reference.)

In fact, opposition to it is a mandate of both the virtue of Justice and holy Charity. Before arguing that seemingly counterintuitive statement (considered so only against the noise of current nostrums), some background is in order. …

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