This week in people of faith speaking truth to power
Faith leaders in Nebraska take action in immigration advocacy
Venzor said welcoming strangers is a foundation of the Catholic faith.
“For us as Catholics, the story of being immigrants, of being on an exodus, of being on a journey, is actually very core to our identity," he said. "The church in America is very much a migrant church, whether we look at our Hispanic, Latino communities, whether we look at the Irish, the German, the Italians, our faith is very much rooted in people who came to this country searching for opportunity, for hope."
“We cannot change the laws, but we can do advocacy. We can ask for a better law, but what we can do is to accompany people, and that’s what we are doing. And we are doing advocacy. We are accompanying people on their realities.”
South African Christians Condemn Trump ‘Weaponizing’ Racial Politics
“As white South Africans in active leadership within the Christian community, representing diverse political and theological perspectives, we unanimously reject these claims.”
“The narrative presented by the U.S. government is founded on fabrications, distortions, and outright lies.”
“It does not reflect the reality of our country and, if anything, serves to heighten existing tensions in South Africa. It also detracts from the important work of building safer, healthier communities and addressing the complex history of land dispossession by white Europeans from the black African majority.”
Read the statement here: Statement from White South African Christian Leaders on Recent Actions by the United States Government
Read more here: White South African Church leaders respond to Trump