Catholic experts respond to Pope Francis on repelling migrants being 'a grave sin'.

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Continuing with the religious theme of today's immigration article of the day, Peter Pinedo for the Catholic News Network looked at Pope Francis's statements on immigration policy last week and his criticism of “those who systematically work by all means to drive away migrants,” saying that “this when done knowingly and deliberately, is a grave sin.”  

Though Pope Francis's most recent remarks involved migrants in the Mediterranean, his words were also "seen as controversial in the U.S. because of their severity and because of their timing in the middle of an American presidential election in which the issue looms large."

The article offers thoughts of several of the country’s Catholic immigration experts and advocates to get their reactions to the Pope's statements on immigration.

KJ