“I can overlook their take on illegals. They have biblical citations that would indicate leniency toward aliens. . .”
Ah, not exactly. First, as much as people wish they would do so, priests and bishops do not interpret the Bible.
Two, the Catechism as well as the current pope’s encyclical on charity (Caritas in Veritate (English: Charity in Truth) both state, in common terms, that it’s really stupid for the government of any country to allow foreigners to come in and drain its resources especially if charity is the goal, since the end game of such an endeavor will be no more resources for charity.
What you are talking about is bishops going off the reservation- interpreting the Bible- which they are allowed to do, just not within or in the name of Catholicism- and that is what is getting them into this mess in the first place.
see #19