ROME -- “Halting and undermining the refugees, the immigrants, the Muslims, seeing social diversity as cause for fear, attacking religious liberty and building a US-Mexico border wall are affronts to all of humanity,” says radical Catholic opposition movement ‘We Are Church International’ (IMWAC), founded in Rome in 1996.

 We Are Church International are “deeply concerned as Christians, and as humans, and strongly speak out against this blatant disregard for human rights.”

 “We speak with the same words of our sisters and brothers in USA, especially those of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) and of Pax Christi. They affirm the “God's call to welcome the stranger (Mt. 25:35) and to care for those most in need (Mt 25:40)”. They affirm “We need a country where people feel safe, welcomed, and know the only prerequisite for their rights is being human,”” say the group.

 “We are convinced, according to the Gospel, that people all over the world, no matter their skin colour, or religion, or social conditions, or country of origin, or sexual orientations are brothers and sisters, and that we must have compassion and take responsibility for each other.

-We are committed to the vision of justice that trumps hate and builds bridges instead of walls.”

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 Contact: Marianne Duddy-Burke, media@we-are-church.org, +1 617 669 7810