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| Cardinal makes plea on immigrants | Cardinal makes plea on immigrants |
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| People should do more to welcome immigrants, the leader of Roman Catholics in England and Wales says. | People should do more to welcome immigrants, the leader of Roman Catholics in England and Wales says. |
| In his Christmas address at Midnight Mass, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor said he understood the need for immigration to be controlled. | In his Christmas address at Midnight Mass, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor said he understood the need for immigration to be controlled. |
| However, immigrants feel "simply excluded because they are outsiders", the Archbishop of Westminster said. | However, immigrants feel "simply excluded because they are outsiders", the Archbishop of Westminster said. |
| Meanwhile, the Archbishop of Canterbury has called for people to look after the planet in his Christmas sermon. | |
| 'Comfort and joy' | 'Comfort and joy' |
| Cardinal Murphy-O'Connor said in his Christmas Homily, broadcast live on BBC Radio 4, that the celebration of the birth of Christ was for everyone. | Cardinal Murphy-O'Connor said in his Christmas Homily, broadcast live on BBC Radio 4, that the celebration of the birth of Christ was for everyone. |
| Many of these people are trying, for perfectly good reasons, to enter Britain and they need to be welcomed Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor | Many of these people are trying, for perfectly good reasons, to enter Britain and they need to be welcomed Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor |
| He urged Christians to ensure that "nothing and nobody remains untouched by the tidings of comfort and joy that came from heaven on the first Christmas night". | He urged Christians to ensure that "nothing and nobody remains untouched by the tidings of comfort and joy that came from heaven on the first Christmas night". |
| The cardinal said: "A theme which is much in the news in Britain at the moment is the question of the many immigrant peoples who come to our country. | The cardinal said: "A theme which is much in the news in Britain at the moment is the question of the many immigrant peoples who come to our country. |
| "Most immigrants come to our country because they wish to have a better life and work so as to provide for their families. | "Most immigrants come to our country because they wish to have a better life and work so as to provide for their families. |
| "What concerns me at the moment is our attitude as a nation to these many immigrants," he continued. | "What concerns me at the moment is our attitude as a nation to these many immigrants," he continued. |
| "Many of these people are trying, for perfectly good reasons, to enter Britain and they need to be welcomed. | "Many of these people are trying, for perfectly good reasons, to enter Britain and they need to be welcomed. |
| "I understand that immigration needs to be controlled. However, sometimes they must feel like Joseph when he returned to Bethlehem after exile in Egypt, simply excluded because they are outsiders." | "I understand that immigration needs to be controlled. However, sometimes they must feel like Joseph when he returned to Bethlehem after exile in Egypt, simply excluded because they are outsiders." |
| 'Survival at risk' | 'Survival at risk' |
| In a Christmas morning sermon, the Archbishop of Canterbury told his congregation that more effort is "clearly required of us" to live side by side. | |
| Dr Rowan Williams said: "The whole point of creation is that there should be persons... capable of intimacy with God - not so that God can gain something, but so that these created beings may live in joy. | |
| We don't just put our material survival at risk, more profoundly we put our spiritual sensitivity at risk Dr Rowan Williams | We don't just put our material survival at risk, more profoundly we put our spiritual sensitivity at risk Dr Rowan Williams |
| "God's way of making sure that this joy is fully available is to join humanity on Earth so that human beings may recognise what they are and what they are for." | "God's way of making sure that this joy is fully available is to join humanity on Earth so that human beings may recognise what they are and what they are for." |
| Dr Williams warned that if people threaten the planet there will be repercussions. | |
| "When we threaten the balance of things, we don't just put our material survival at risk, more profoundly we put our spiritual sensitivity at risk - the possibility of being opened up to endless wonder by the world around us." | "When we threaten the balance of things, we don't just put our material survival at risk, more profoundly we put our spiritual sensitivity at risk - the possibility of being opened up to endless wonder by the world around us." |
| Respect for fellow people is also necessary, he will say. | Respect for fellow people is also necessary, he will say. |
| "The delight and reverence we should have towards the things of creation is intensified many times where human relationships are concerned," he said at Canterbury Cathedral. | |
| "And if peace is to be more than a pause in open conflict, it must be grounded in this passionate amazed reverence for others." | "And if peace is to be more than a pause in open conflict, it must be grounded in this passionate amazed reverence for others." |