[SUSSA]

Follow the money. 20 million illegal aliens, about 2/3 from supposedly Catholic countries, at say $2.00 a week in the collection plate, comes to about $13 million a week if only half of them show up in church.

Reverend Ike would like a haul like that too.

[Mrs. Don-o]

This is a mathematical hypothetical. It must yield in discussion to the reported facts (if you'll follow them on this thread): aside from the Cuban-Americans, the other predominantly-Hispanic parishes are quite low-income and are typically either run as a mission (funding supplied by the Diocese or by a religious order) or subsidized by wealthier sister-parishes.

It's especially true for young male recent-arrivals who send half their income back to their families in Mexico. They mostly don't come to church; and when they do, they mostly don't put anything in the basket.