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Tancredo slams pope on immigration
By Anne C. Mulkern
The Denver Post
Article Last Updated: 04/17/2008 04:05:12 PM MDT
Pope Benedict XVI leaves after celebrating Mass at Nationals Park on April 17, 2008, in Washington, D.C. (Getty Images North America | Win McNamee)Related
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Pope prays with victims of clergy sex abuse scandalWASHINGTON — As thousands packed into a Washington, D.C., stadium to see Pope Benedict XVI, U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo attacked the pontiff for statements about immigration.
Tancredo, a Littleton Republican, accused the pope of welcoming illegal immigrants to the U.S. in order to build membership in the church.
The Catholic leader, while in Washington today, said: "I want to encourage you and your communities to continue to welcome the immigrants who join your ranks today, to share their joys and hopes, to support them in their sorrows and trials and to help them flourish in their new home."
Tancredo cited a March 1 editorial in the Wall Street Journal that said the Catholic Church "has been losing members rapidly — as much as a third of the native-born Catholic population. Meanwhile, it has gained members among foreign-born (mostly Latino) residents."
The Journal editorial added: "We'd encourage our friends on the right who want to limit immigration to consider the health of our churches."
"I suspect the pope's immigration comments may have less to do with spreading the gospel than they do about recruiting new members of the church," Tancredo said. "This isn't preaching; it is faith-based marketing."
Tancredo was raised Catholic but now attends Cherry Hills Community Church, an evangelical Christian church.
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