Welcome to the Council of Trend Podcast, a production of Catholic Answers.

Hey everyone, welcome to the Council of Trend Podcast.

I'm your host, Cahlet Gans, as aologist and Speaker of Trend Horn.

And today I want to talk about the Catholic Church's teaching on immigration.

Now, immigration is a political issue that when people talk about it, you can often generate

more heat than light.

That's not what I want to do in this podcast, obviously.

So I want to talk about that, but I want to focus in particular on an incorrect view

on the church's teaching on immigration.

But really, if you look at it, there are two extreme views that a person should not hold.

So what I want to do first is I'm going to read to you what the Catechism says,

I believe it's paragraph 2241, what it talks about immigration,

because it's laid out in a very sensible way to understand all the interests that are involved.

So here is basically what the church teaches on immigration.

It says, the more prosperous nations are obliged to the extent they are able to welcome

the foreigner in search of the security and the means of livelihood, which he cannot

find in his country of origin.

Public authorities should see to it that the natural right is respected that places a

guest under the protection of those who receive him.

Political authorities for the sake of the common good for which they are responsible may make

the exercise of the right to immigrate subject to various juridical considerations, especially

with regard to the immigrants duties toward their country of adoption.

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