converted to Catholicism after years of misgivings over what I perceived as its readiness to excuse all manner of sinfulness in the name of ideas such as “human dignity” which, though theologically legitimate, could easily be manipulated to left-wing political ends. Eventually, however, I embraced Catholicism after coming to recognize the disparity between the Catholic Church’s formal teaching versus what Catholics, including what priests, bishops, and popes, say and do.
This incongruity has come to the fore lately on the issue of immigration—specifically the deportation of illegal aliens. Whether it’s Pope Leo XIV, some of the American cardinals, bishops, and priests, or other Catholics, day in and day out we hear the invocation of “human dignity” as a counter to the deportation of illegal aliens. Two recent essays in Church Life Journal and Public Discourse, respectively, exemplify how “human dignity” can be used to pervert justice.
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