More than two dozen religious groups have filed lawsuits challenging the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement policy. On February 10, 2025, Pope Francis issued a letter to the United States Catholic Bishops presenting an unambiguous challenge to actively respond to an ideology on immigration that misrepresents biblical teaching, saying it “distorts social life and imposes the will of the strongest as the criterion of truth.” How do the people of good will oppose this agenda in a practical way? How can each of us become a deeply informed force against what causes suffering and a beacon for human solidarity?
Theologian Cecilia González-Andrieu guides us in a joint look at migration by the light of foundational religious principles. Learn how to actively work against disinformation and ideological manipulation by bringing together what Pope Francis calls “charity and clarity.”
Resources from the Presentation:
- Text of “If You Want Peace, Work for Justice” January 1, 1972 – Pope Paul VI
- A Theology of Liberation: History, Politics, and Salvation 50th Anniversary Edition with New Introduction by Michael E. Lee
- Visit to Lampedusa – Homily of Pope Francis
- Letter of Pope Francis to the Bishops of the United States of America
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Theologian Cecilia González-Andrieu is a leading scholar of theological aesthetics, which she proposes as a way to bring communities together, respect and celebrate otherness, and lift the theological insights of those who know and express themselves from the peripheries. She is one of America’s contributing writers, penning a number of significant essays on political theology, Latinx theologies, women’s issues and theological aesthetics. Her book “Bridge to Wonder: Art as a Gospel of Beauty” has received international acclaim. González -Andrieu teaches in LMU’s Department of Theological Studies, co-chairs the LMU Latino Theology and Ministry Initiative, is an active supporter of the Ignatian Solidarity Network, an advisor for the Discerning Deacons Project.
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