Washington D.C., Aug 29, 2007 / 08:59 am
The U.S. bishops are calling on Catholics to recommit this Labor Day to defending the lives, dignity, and rights of workers, especially the most vulnerable.
The bishops issued their call in their annual Labor Day statement, issued yesterday by Bishop Nicholas Di Marzio, chairman of the U.S. Bishops’ Domestic Policy Committee.
The bishop called for a renewed and civil immigration debate. “At its core immigration is about workers who come to our land to try to secure better lives for themselves and their families by their labor,” he wrote.
He said the immigration debate in recent months has polarized Americans and paralyzed Congress. “We have to find a way to re-start the discussion, to re-engage the hard issues, to search for practical and realistic solutions,” he urged.