“An archbishop has broken ranks from fellow Italian prelates, saying that mayors have no right to appeal to conscientious objection to disobey the nation’s immigration laws.” Luigi Negri didn’t just oppose fellow Italian prelates with his comments. He also has indirectly opposed the Pope, who recently hijacked the religious feast day Epiphany, celebrated by millions of Christians around the world on January 6. Pope Francis gave a mass to around 60,000 people in St Peter’s Basilica, but he decided to deliver his shameless sales pitch to advance open-door immigration before the worshipers.
Negri further stated:
The right to object is to be defended when fundamental principles are undermined….Those mayors who use conscientious objection deliberately as a political tool against legitimate actions of superior or equal authorities, abuse the concept.
An abuse that the Pope has committed in his role repeatedly. Also important was Negri’s recognition of the importance of Judeo-Christian culture and the threats posed to its institutions:
The archbishop said moreover that not everyone is in a position to integrate into Italian society, which is based on a Judeo-Christian understanding of the person, family, and society
He was clearly referring to Islamic supremacists, who have wreaked havoc throughout Europe and elsewhere.
“Italian Archbishop Says No ‘Conscientious Objection’ on Immigration Law,” by Thomas D. Williams, Breitbart, January 8, 2019:
An archbishop has broken ranks from fellow Italian prelates, saying that mayors have no right to appeal to conscientious objection to disobey the nation’s immigration laws — an Italian parallel to American sanctuary cities.
Luigi Negri, the former archbishop of Ferrara, suggested Sunday that bishops who have supported or called for recourse to conscientious objection have overstepped their competence, failing to respect the legitimate autonomy of the political sphere in questions that require prudential judgment. Similarly, mayors who appeal to the principle to disobey immigration laws misuse it.
“The right to object is to be defended when fundamental principles are undermined,” Negri said. “Those mayors who use conscientious objection deliberately as a political tool against legitimate actions of superior or equal authorities, abuse the concept.”
According to Catholic theology, one must refrain from obeying laws that mandate immoral behavior, such as a law requiring people to participate in abortions.
The “security decree” of interior minister Matteo Salvini, which among other things facilitates the deportation of illegal immigrants, has raised the ire of certain members of the Italian Catholic hierarchy.
On the same day, the archbishop of Chieti, Bruno Forte, protested the Salvini decree in an interview with the press, claiming that rescuing migrants is not something optional but a “moral imperative.”
Ethically speaking, Forte said, “if something contrary to my conscience is imposed on me, such as refusing help to whole families at the mercy of the sea for days, conscientious objection is justified.”
“Alarmism and talk of an invasion are propagandistic lies that are harmful to everyone, except to those who use them for electoral advantages,” the archbishop said in reference to the interior minister’s allusions to Italy’s migrant crisis.
Archbishop Negri took issue with this line of reasoning, saying that prelates have no right to meddle in secular affairs where moral absolutes do not come into play.
“The issue of security is a matter for dialogue among the secular forces participating in social life,” he said.
“In general, those who exploit the gospel are mistaken,” Negri said, while also defending the Salvini decree, arguing that “a recovery of cultural, human and religious identity is absolutely positive: the famous Christian roots of Europe.”
The archbishop said moreover that not everyone is in a position to integrate into Italian society, which is based on a Judeo-Christian understanding of the person, family, and society…..
Moshe says
How can Archbishop Luigi Negri speak in direct contradiction to the moral teachings of Pope Francis? This can only cause confusion as to what the Church stands for in an era woke to Social Justice.
Archbishop Negri would do well to reflect on the penetrating insights of the Hon. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the youngest woman ever elected to Congress — and an emerging global role model for the rising generation of intersectional lay leaders at the vanguard of diversity in the West.
The phrase “famous Christian roots of Europe” referenced by Archbishop Negri (whose very name evokes the N word) undermines the Pope’s celebrated call for multiculturalism in a post-Christian world without borders.
mortimer says
Moshe is now confirmed as a sophomoric idiot, The family name ‘Negri’ simply means ‘Black’ or the ‘The Black family’ in Italian. ‘Negri’ is not related to the slave trade and probably refers to dark black hair of the first person to receive this name as an epithet. ‘Moshe’, your life is a waste of time. You are blathering.
FYI says
“moshe” told us he’s a metrosexual,a college teacher,”woke” and a SJW:that ticks all the boxes doesn’t it?He proudly defends his hero Imam Obama and the morally bankrupt Left.
It is most likely such an obviously cognitively dissonant lefty lunatic would not even understand what “moral teachings” are.So much confusion..after all if somebody defines himself as a “metrosexual” then he’s not sure exactly what his position is..perhaps nebulous might be the apposite word.
If Negri’s name was Bianco are we to supposed to think he’s a white supremacist?
Of course not:that would be ridiculous.
If somebody thinks Negri’s name is an offensive slur are we to fall for such snowflake lunacy?
Of course not;that would be Leftard insanity.
Moshe says
You left out a “high information voter.” Thank you for your consideration.
FYI says
@Moshe
Your bias is so obvious:ONLY the lunatic left would think that somebody’s name might be politically incorrect and have some sort of racist connotation.That’s where political correctness comes from..
“Woke” indeed!
Arthur McGowan says
You have all been pwned! By Moshe. And obvious larper.
Mark swan says
Good Ol’ Moshe—Muslim—comical—genius.
WPM says
Also saying a 29 year old barmaid {her only job after getting a college education}before being elected to congress that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is a “global role model”? A world without borders ?Do you live in a house without doors? Yes anyone with the last name of Black in any language has to be racists, you really live in a world of idiotic beliefs .
Ecosse1314 says
Never heard of this global sensation. Very much doubt if many outside of The USA have heard of this global role model.
gravenimage says
More tedious trolling from “Moshe”.
John Magee says
No lectures please. Why did Israel build a wall on its southern border to keep out Sub-Saharan Africans? Have you read the hatred and insults in the Talmud against Jesus and Christians? Do you deny they exist? I would also like to know if you are familiar with a Jerusalem Post report from 2010 that featured some especially noxious remarks by Shas founder, the late Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, likening Gentiles to donkeys. Yusof in his own words: “The Goyim were only created to serve us. If that wasn’t the case they [Goyim] would have no place in the world.
…Jews earn eternal life in the days of the messiah. Goyim don’t. Like all people, they must die. But they earn long life. Why? Think about someone’s donkey. If it dies, he loses it, the money. The same with a servant [ or “the one who serves you”]. You also lose money [when he dies]. That’s why Goyim are given long life so they may work well for the Jews.
…Why do Goyim exist? So that they work [for Jews]. They thresh, they plant, they harvest, while we [Jews] sit like effendi and eat [our fill]. That’s why Goyim were created.” Those were his words. Numerous other examples of Yosef’s bigoted and anti-Christian hate rants can be found on the internet. When the anti- Christian bigot Ovadia Yosef died in 201 he received a state funeral with the largest crowd ever to witness a funeral in modern Israel. Over 800,000 people lined the streets of Jerusalem.
Ecosse1314 says
How many jewhad attacks been made by the jews against the west. One or two extremists are irrelevant.
Nothing wrong with a wall if it keeps out undesirables.
Plenty of ammo for Jews to rant against Christians if they so choose.
Ecosse1314 says
Are you seriously stupid. The Archbishops name is Negri….that name has been in use in Italy for centuries. Do you suggest he changes it because you have an over active snowflake imagination?
observer says
AT LAST…
A member of the Catholic hierarchy who makes sense to me…
Here’s to Archbishop Luigi Negri for daring to swim against the populist tide.
For this he will be a marked man both within and outside of the Church…
For this he could lose his head.
WHAT COURAGE !
Rufolino says
His chances of becoming a cardinal are now in doubt -to put it mildly ! He certainly knows this.
Kudos and bravo to this exceptional archbishop for his principles and integrity !
Renate says
I’m with Archbishop Negri, all the way.
observer says
So, so true David Rasch…
A friend of mine is a Catholic priest and I’ve tried to engage him on this topic but all be seems able to ‘hear’ me saying is that every muslim is a violent murderer. Which is not what I’m saying at all.
What I hope for him to hear is that this religion is founded on a violent ideology and that most of its adherents do not even know what violence is contained in their qur’an.
It’s only in the last six months that I myself awoke to the horror of our situation in the West – thanks to Mosab Hassan Yousef, David Wood and then Robert Spencer who put their lives on the line in the hope that the left-leaning West and (at least) SOME muslims will awaken to who or what it is they follow.
I once participated in a muslim protest against Israel because of my own ignorance. It’s peculiar how easily an individual can remain in a fog of ignorance. It’s both a relief and chilling to awaken to the greater reality.
lisalles says
Only 2 news sources picked this up….breitbart and jihadwatch. So is Italy censoring this story or is it false?
Marietta says
God bless Archbishop Negri the brave. Just because Pope Francis approves of Islamic invaders does not mean the Pope’s personal political views have become a new doctrine of the Church.
You remember Archbishop Bruno Forte, of course! He was the one who inserted his favorable views on cohabitation, remarriage, and homosexuality in summarizing the first week of discussions at the Synod on the Family. The cheat!
“Arise, Oh Lord and let your enemies be scattered. And let those who hate you flee from before Your Face.”
Mark Swan says
Absolutely Marietta.
sheliak says
Bravo Archbishop Negri
Marigold says
Thanks to Archbishop Negri for calling a spade a spade.There are still a few hierarchy and priests willing to stick their necks out.Thanks to Jihad watch for drawing attention to this issue.
gravenimage says
Italy: Archbishop breaks ranks, condemns fellow prelates who advocate breaking immigration laws
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Bravo, Archbishop Negri!