[sinkspur]

Because the Catholic church has a horse in this race. Falling revenues, falling church attendance have plagued the US church, and here come millions of devout Spanish speaking Catholics pouring over the border. Of course the church wants them coddled and cared for. They can hear the jingle of coins hitting that collection plate on Sunday morning.

You're spreading Jack-Chick-like propaganda.

The Catholic Church in the United States has had the current stance on immigration for 30 years. Go back and read some pastoral letters in the 1980s. They're identical to those issued today.

And the canard that the bishops are encouraging illegal immigration to make up for a revenue shortfall is idiotic. There is no shortfall; collections are back up to where they were prior to 2002.

Hispanics, as a whole, do not contribute to the Church. That is a statistical fact.

[Brytani]

Ok (flame suit on for this post).

I'm in Homestead Florida, an overwhelmingly Mexican population with a pretty good sized Haitian community. Both groups tend to be Catholic. The one Catholic Church here is not doing well financially.

I drive 30 minutes up the road to my parish which happens to be in a high Cuban American population area and we have a large (probably majority) Cuban population in our parish. We're one of the "richest" parishes in Florida and consistently are at the top of the list in charitable contributions in Miami-Dade.

I think Cubans tend support Churches more simply because it was denied to them or their parents under Castro. Maybe it's because economically Cubans are better off financially than Mexicans in this area. Who knows, but I can tell you, Hispanic Cubans give A LOT to the Church.

[ladyjane]

collections are back up to where they were prior to 2002.

Maybe where you are. They are not in many places. Attendance is down. Revenues are down. Legal bills are way up.