(RNS) — ‘I’ve had some priests who are of a different color being targeted and arrested — stopped — because of their color and asking them to prove that they’re citizens. That’s not America,’ the Chicago cardinal said.

Cardinal Blase Cupich, head of the Archdiocese of Chicago, has twice told interviewers in recent weeks that priests in the archdiocese have been stopped by federal agents and asked to prove their immigration status — demands he said were “because of their color.”

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  • Triumph@fedia.io
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    6 days ago

    Let’s also not forget that the US is majority Protestant, and has a long history of hating Catholics. Might not be as visible today, but it’s there.