Religion and Politics

Religious Leaders Weigh In On Immigration Debate

Tim Townsend of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports on the push by various religious groups for immigration reform. Reverend Felix Tovar of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod says, “When we look to the Bible for biblical truths on immigration it states that strangers are to be treated with the same dignity and respect as God asks us to reflect on toward each other.” The director of the St. Louis Archdiocese’s Hispanic Ministry office Javier Orozco adds, “We know how to serve the immigrant. We’ve been here before — it’s something we do well.”

Read at St. Louis Post-Dispatch

• Email
• Print