Dear Pope Benedict,
Imagine that your flock, hundreds of whom were arrested in ICE raids today, are in agony, as Jesus was. Will you do something to stop the raids?
The day after the Pope arrives in the U.S. - the Department of Homeland Security has gathered its resources to produce a major offensive against undocumented immigrants (but not their employers).
The timing has the air of a mystery novel.
Welcome to America Pope Benedict. Our Jekyll and Hyde administration has offered you birthday cake in the Blue Room. They have fawned on you all day. You must be feeling very special tonight.
As George and Laura Bush smile at you a more sinister situation is moving swiftly behind the scenes.
Like an army who has begun a planned attack = undocumented people are being arrested all over the country today. I don't believe there have ever been this many raids in one day (at least in recent memory)
What is the administration saying to you Holy Father? They are saying you are admirable and they like being seen with you = but they stab you and your people as they give you a birthday abrazo. Beware of the knife in the other hand.
Mr. Hyde - aka Mr. Bush is all smiles and talks about the need for clarity regarding right and wrong... yet his alter persona, Dr. Jekyll sent a secret message to his minion, Michael Chertoff. "Go forth and get all the illegals today. Just be sure not to arrest any administrative employees of the plants you are raiding."
Bush and Chertoff et al know that the heart of the Catholic Church in the United States is the Latino population, especially the immigrants. They are the new blood that has revived the American Church and has made it thrive while its European counterparts are like ghost churches.
What a better way to show who is more powerful. Beware of presidents who bring birthday cakes - to holy men. They could have an entirely different and brutal agenda while they smile and kiss your hand.
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