The Archbishop of Glasgow Philip Tartaglia has written to First Minister Nicola Sturgeon offering to help the Scottish Government to accept refugees.
The letter was sent of behalf of the eight Catholic dioceses in the country.
Archbishop Tartaglia pledged that churches: "place our parish resources at the service of those 21st-century newcomers who find themselves in greatest need."
Leo Cushley, Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh and head of the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland, echoed these calls saying he would be "happy to give a home to somebody fleeing war or oppression."
Earlier in the week Nicola Sturgeon announced £1 million in funding would be used to organise Scotland's response to the crisis.
She also said that the nation would let in 1,000 refugees as a "starting point" and encouraged British PM David Cameron to do more to help those fleeing conflict and persecution in their home countries.
Mr Cameron has said the UK will take in around 20,000 Syrian refugees, fleeing civil war, by 2020 but said that it was important to ensure that adequate housing and schools were ready to take in more people.
The Archbishop of Glasgow, writing to Scotland's First Minister, said that: "Earlier this month, Pope Francis called upon every Catholic parish community in Europe to offer support to refugee families currently fleeing to our continent from the Middle East.
"In support of your response and inspired by Pope Francis, I write to offer the assistance of the Bishops' Conference of Scotland in any plans that may emerge in the months to come to support and assist the new arrivals to our country.
"Many of our parishioners hail from families with a history of fleeing conflict and poverty in the 19th and 20th centuries to find a new home in Scotland."
He added: "In the subsequent decades we have established an effective network of parishes that exist to promote the Christian faith and thus contribute to the common good.
"I have been asked by the bishops to place our parish resources at the service of those 21st-century newcomers who find themselves in greatest need."
Archbishop Cushley also commented on the letter.
Speaking on BBC Good Morning Scotland, the advisor to Pope Francis said: "As a visible example of our willingness to help, I too would be happy to give a home to somebody fleeing war or oppression.
"Hopefully, though, we can find each family their own home.
"Scotland is a big country populated by big people with big hearts.
"Today, we ought to be able to welcome among us these people, real people, in real need, just as the Scots have always done in the past.
"Within the next few hours the First Minister will receive a letter from the bishops of Scotland.
"Contained within it will be our offer of complete co-operation in giving both welcome and support to any refugees who arrive in Scotland in the months to come.
"That's every diocese. Every parish. All 452 of them. The length and breadth of this country."
A joint statement was also issues to the Scottish and UK governments, signed by Rt Revd Dr Angus Morrison, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, Archbishop Tartaglia, Dr Javed Gill, convener of the Muslim Council of Scotland, and Ephraim Borowski, director of the Scottish Council of Jewish Communities.
It asked politicians to think carefully about the language and phrasing they used when speaking about the current refugee crisis: "We are concerned by the dehumanising language used to describe people who are so desperate that they risk their lives, and we share the belief that all people have an inherent dignity and right to life.
"We welcome the UK and Scottish governments' willingness to offer a safe haven to these people."
The full letter reads: "Dear First Minister,
"Earlier this month Pope Francis called upon every Catholic parish community in Europe to offer support to refugee families currently fleeing to our continent from the Middle East. He said. "In front of the tragedy of the tens of thousands of refugees escaping death by war or hunger on the path towards the hope of life the Gospel calls us, asks us to be 'neighbours' of the smallest and most abandoned."
"In the days since, the UK Government has unveiled its plan to accept up to 20,000 refugees from Syria over the next five years and I note that your government is fully committed to cooperating with the UK authorities In whatever action needs to be taken to help alleviate this humanitarian crisis.
"In support of your response and inspired by Pope Francis, I write to offer the assistance of the Bishops' Conference of Scotland in any plans that may emerge in the months to come to support and assist the new arrivals to our country. Many of our parishioners hail from families with a history of fleeing conflict and poverty in the 19th and 20th centuries to find a new home in Scotland. In the subsequent decades we have established an effective network of parishes that exist to promote the Christian faith and thus contribute to the common good.
"I have been asked by the Bishops to place our parish resources at the service of those 21st century newcomers who find themselves in greatest need. Caritas Christi urget nos; The love of Christ compels us (2 Cor 5:14)."
