US Catholic bishops sue Trump admin over suspension of refugee program funding - "For decades, the US government has chosen to admit refugees and outsourced its statutory responsibility to provide those refugees with resettlement assistance to non-profit organizations like USCCB," the lawsuit states.

The US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration after funding was halted for its refugee resettlement program. The lawsuit is based on the Refugee Act of 1980, under which the USCCB has worked with the government to resettle more than 930,000 refugees.

"For decades, the US government has chosen to admit refugees and outsourced its statutory responsibility to provide those refugees with resettlement assistance to non-profit organizations like USCCB," the lawsuit states. "But now, after refugees have arrived and been placed in USCCB’s care, the government is attempting to pull the rug out from under USCCB’s programs by halting funding."

Shortly after President Donald Trump took office, the State Department’s Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration issued a suspension letter for the program. According to the lawsuit, USCCB has not received reimbursement from the State Department up to Jan. 24, despite assurances in the letter that it would. The conference is also arguing that the administration’s decision to cut off congressionally approved funding is illegal, according to Fox News.

USCCB has stated that the freeze has forced it to issue layoff notices to 50 employees in Migration and Refugee Services, more than half of its staff.

“The Catholic Church always works to uphold the common good of all and promote the dignity of the human person, especially the most vulnerable among us,” said USCCB president Archbishop Timothy Broglio, according to the Associated Press. “That includes the unborn, the poor, the stranger, the elderly and infirm, and migrants.”

“The conference suddenly finds itself unable to sustain its work to care for the thousands of refugees who were welcomed into our country and assigned to the care of the USCCB by the government after being granted legal status,” Broglio added.

Vice President JD Vance, a Catholic convert, has previously criticized the bishops' conference for resettling “illegal immigrants” to receive millions in federal funding, a reference to the resettlement program. In an interview last month, Vance argued that the conference “has, frankly, not been a good partner in common sense immigration enforcement that the American people voted for."

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[Yamaha YM2612]

Do you need a scriture passage to tell you the sky is blue and the grass is green? Some things are intentionally self evident.

if this was the case, there would be no bible at all. The bible is SPECIFICALLY documenting things that are not self evident. That is why God spoke to prophets, that is why jesus ministered, that is why Paul and Peter wrote their epistles. The nature of God is not self-evident

No, Christ is the King, not the Steward. The King is not the Steward. Christ is David, Peter is Eliakim.

The steward is your analogy. He can't be the king in your analogy because in your analogy the king is absent. Jesus is not

Are you just going to not acknowledge the obvious and established nature of the Keys as a symbol of the office of Steward?

Are you not going to acknowledge that the keys are the epistles, because education through the word is how we get to the kingdom? Again, why would christ need a steward?

No longer having to make animal sacrifices, no longer having to be circumcised, no longer having to adhere to kosher when it comes to what we eat, etc.

And the need for a high preist.

Hebrews 10:19-22

Yes but HOW, like mechanically or physically does this work? Also note that that passage does not say priests save you. Christ does

 

[Bonesjones]

I mean I have gained an appreciation for the experience of arguing with a smug retard who thinks being insufferable to the point of no one wanting to engage with them is the same thing as being smart. I'm sure Null deals with this kind of thing all the time.

Hurting insults when you can't even answer my basic questions is hopelessly ironic. You really are jewish in soul, you can't help but live and argue like one. So again why do you follow a pope who lies about basic facts of the Bible? Is it because you believe the pope is more important than the Bible?

The sad part is you absolute faggots needing to call in backup so you can back pat yourselves about your behavior, which is something the kiwi jews also do. The parallels aren't even ironic, they are completely understandable.

 

[FierceBrosnan]

The government shouldn't be funding any church, simple as.

"For decades, the US government has chosen to admit refugees and outsourced its statutory responsibility to provide those refugees with resettlement assistance to non-profit organizations like USCCB," the lawsuit states.

Times change, get fucked.

 

[Capsaicin Addict]

If your NGO is heavily dependent on government funding, is it really a NON-governmental organization?

 

[Bonesjones]

If your NGO is heavily dependent on government funding, is it really a NON-governmental organization?

It's non-governmental in control, not funding. It's really just money laundering in practice. You bounce the money around between charity and special interest groups, before you know it, all your friends are rich and you've been eating more free meals at tax payers expense than the average EBT cardholder.

 

[Ken Barlow]

lol left footers:

 

[Ughubughughughughughghlug]

Spoken like someone who's understanding of Martin Luther and his protestant theology begins and ends with "selling indulgences is bad."

Have you read the entire 95 theses declaration and considered its theological implications? Are you aware that the Catholic Church agreed that selling indulgences was bad and it was formally forbidden in 1567 by Pope Pius V?

The dispute with Luther had way more to do with his radical departure from accepted theology than it did the indulgences, and he was still given the chance to denounce his heretical views and be forgiven. Protestant propaganda likes to harp on the indulgences because its easier for people not versed in theology to understand that concept, and they can conveniently neglect to mention what Pope Pius V did about it.

You continue to demonstrate your lack of knowledge when it comes to Catholic Theology. You were told a lie and believed it wholeheartedly.

What more do I need to say? I've called them kikes, the murderer's of Christ, the synagogue of satan, etc. You just keep saying the same bullshit. Are you just trolling?



Yea you are just trolling. Stop being a faggot.

Martin Luther and King Henry were faggots too

It’s Calvinist jihad or it’s nothing

 

[Hitman One]

lol left footers:
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The best documentary ever produced.

 

[browserbowser]

For being Catholic? Well, martyrdom by the sword is kinder than martyrdom by the needle.

No retard for thinking it's perfectly acceptable that taxpayer dollars go to the fucking Catholic Church for 'services rendered'.

There's so much fucking wrong with that logic the only acceptable response is violent defenestration from the ground floor of a building, preferably into a poorly-maintained and spider-infested rosebush.

 

[regginknurd]

It's nice to see that after spending half my life after the age of reason in church, forum spergin slapfights have offered me greater insights into Christianity. And @Blewberry Nausea is directly to thank lawls.

But as for the legal side of this relating to the article, what is it that they are trying to sue over? It clearly could be me being retarded, but based on the United States Refugee Act of 1980 (which is their base), doesn't it have a cap of 50k refugees annually? Doesn't it define what a refugee is? Does this case hold any water or is this just dudes in robes trying to keep getting some type of gibs?

 

[Rekieta’s Broken Penis]

But catholics constantly say it does

I’ve heard poorly taught Catholics say a lot of dumb shit but I’ve never heard a Catholic say that. Catholics are the only Christians in the west who even give a shit about the Old Testament. Protestants love Onanism and gay sex, which were both prohibited in the OT.

 

[Revelator]

It's nice to see that after spending half my life after the age of reason in church, forum spergin slapfights have offered me greater insights into Christianity. And @Blewberry Nausea is directly to thank lawls.

But as for the legal side of this relating to the article, what is it that they are trying to sue over? It clearly could be me being retarded, but based on the United States Refugee Act of 1980 (which is their base), doesn't it have a cap of 50k refugees annually? Doesn't it define what a refugee is? Does this case hold any water or is this just dudes in robes trying to keep getting some type of gibs?

Basically, the USCCB is saying they haven't gotten paid for a job they were hired to do. That's it.

 

[Yamaha YM2612]

I’ve heard poorly taught Catholics say a lot of dumb shit but I’ve never heard a Catholic say that

it's a central part of their belief system. They don't believe jesus is the high preist of the church, for one.

Second, the new testament teaches that there is a new covenant in christ. Catholics do not believe this, which is why they have pope's, cardinals, etc, and make up their own laws with some imagined authority, just like the pharisees did

a catholic is just a european pharisee. It's part of their replacement theology

. Catholics are the only Christians in the west who even give a shit about the Old Testament.

they arent christians tho. They dont believe jesus is thr high preist of the church, for example. They worship false gods and idols. their "church father" (something jesus explicitly forbids, since HE is the only church father under the new covenant) dresses like a serpent and sells little kids as sex slaves. They even dress up demons as mary and talk about fucking her

2 years ago, the "pope" met with imams and rabbis on a mountain for a demonic ritual (this practice is referred to multiple times in the OT)

Protestants love Onanism and gay sex, which were both prohibited in the OT.

Jesus did not love masturbation or onanism, BECAUSE they were forbidden in the old testament. Jesus was a perfect adherant to the law, and thus fulfilled it. Catholics do not believe this, which is why jesus tells us they will work with the antichrist in the end times.

As for gay sex, that's literally a catholic thing, they get caught for it all the time. As a babylonian religion at its core, and one that worships asheroth (dressed up as mary) gay sex is practically mandatory in their serpent cult

To live under old covenant ideology is a rejection of christ and the events of the new testament as a whole

 

[Dread First]

Not a Christian of any flavour whatsoever, but this sentence specifically caught my interest.

Catholics are the only Christians in the west who even give a shit about the Old Testament

The various groups of Eastern Christianity would like to have a word with you.
- Eastern Orthodoxy, and all its constituent churches (i.e. Russian Orthodox, Greek Orthodox, Serbian Orthodox, etc)
- Oriental Orthodoxy, and all its constituent churches (i.e. Coptic Orthodox, Syriac Orthodox, Eritrean/Ethiopian Orthodox, etc)
- Nestorian churches that use the East Syriac rite, like the Assyrian Church of the East and the Syro-Malabar Church (albeit the latter is in communion with Rome)

That's not even getting into more niche Protestant/Restorationist groups like the Seventh Day Adventists or the Mennonites/Amish, either.

 

[Rekieta’s Broken Penis]

it's a central part of their belief system. They don't believe jesus is the high preist of the church, for one.

In general I think arguing theology is a waste of time. For example, you claimed that the Catholic Church has “imagined” authority. This is a somewhat dishonest way of saying you disagree with the way that the Church interprets scripture. Even so, at the root it’s a theological discussion which I don’t think will be productive.

However, claims like you’ve made in the above quote are just patently dishonest. The Catholic Church annually celebrates The Feast of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Eternal High Priest.

The various groups of Eastern Christianity would like to have a word with you

So true but I was talking about churches in the west.

 

[Would]

a misguided desire for a Church that still does Inquisitions and Crusades.

Misguided? Seems needed now more than ever. The ragheads have the right idea.

 

[Yamaha YM2612]

In general I think arguing theology is a waste of time. For example, you claimed that the Catholic Church has “imagined” authority.

Thats just what jesus said. I am no theologian. It's difficult to be one for a lot of reasons. General deception, the time period, cultural differences between then and now, the very nature of God is I possible for us to grasp

I turn to jesus and God's prophets for clarification and explanation. If jesus says catholic authority is BS, im taking his side.

I can't copy and paste the entire conco between christ and the pharisees because its long, but the pharisees clsimed that they had authority because they were children of abraham. Jesus' response to these fake jews was essentially "if God cared about you being children of abraham, he could just turn these stones into children of abraham"

i turn this same thing to a catholic. If being a successor to peter (lol) is so important, god could just make apolistic successors from stones

early Christians like peter himself also invalidate catholic claims to authority. The entire first portion of the book of hebrews is peter (presumably) explaining that Jesus Christ, not a wop that dresses like snake and suck kid penis, is our high priest, ordained in the order of melchizadek, a successor to Moses

Jesus fullfilled ALL laws, including the mandate for priests and temples. When he doed, the veil tore

This is a somewhat dishonest way of saying you disagree with the way that the Church interprets scripture.

no one should be interpreting scripture. It says what it says.

However, claims like you’ve made in the above quote are just patently dishonest. The Catholic Church annually celebrates The Feast of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Eternal High Priest.

and jesus called them out for behavior like this

"Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of the bones of the dead and everything unclean".



And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others".

 

[Rekieta’s Broken Penis]

"Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of the bones of the dead and everything unclean".

And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others".

The thing is that even if you put pen to paper today you couldn’t American Evangelicalism any better. The word of the Lord is truely something to behold.

 

[browserbowser]

Not a Christian of any flavour whatsoever, but this sentence specifically caught my interest.



The various groups of Eastern Christianity would like to have a word with you.
- Eastern Orthodoxy, and all its constituent churches (i.e. Russian Orthodox, Greek Orthodox, Serbian Orthodox, etc)
- Oriental Orthodoxy, and all its constituent churches (i.e. Coptic Orthodox, Syriac Orthodox, Eritrean/Ethiopian Orthodox, etc)
- Nestorian churches that use the East Syriac rite, like the Assyrian Church of the East and the Syro-Malabar Church (albeit the latter is in communion with Rome)

That's not even getting into more niche Protestant/Restorationist groups like the Seventh Day Adventists or the Mennonites/Amish, either.

You're supposed to read the OT, yeah. Generally. I think.

 

[Yamaha YM2612]

The thing is that even if you put pen to paper today you couldn’t American Evangelicalism any better. The word of the Lord is truely something to behold.

Catholics have a problem with people quoting jesus christ.

Makes sense