May 02, 2018

Joseph Capizzi, professor, moral theology/ethics, and executive director, Institute for Human Ecology, was quoted in a Catholic News Agency piece about petitions from asylum seekers encamped along the U.S. border with Mexico.

... “I think we can distinguish our moral obligations into two categories,” Capizzi told CNA. “First, the obligations we have towards these people. We are, morally, obliged to take seriously their claims, and if we believe their asylum cases have merit, to treat them as refugees and then accommodate them at least temporarily to the best of our ability. They must always be treated and welcomed by us with the care appropriate to their human dignity.” ...

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