“Right, those new citizens will vote for the very politicians that will persecute the Catholic Church and all the other Christians.”
You are correct on that point. But the Catholic Church hierachy doesn’t quite view it that way.
They look at many of these new immigrants (especially the Hispanics) as potential new parishioners - new parishioners who’ll put money in the collection box every week and will help justify the continued budgetary existence of groups like Catholic Charities.
The Catholic Churhc heirarchy isn’t thinking about this is any terms of what this influx of immigrants will do to this nationa, culturally and economically.
“They look at many of these new immigrants (especially the Hispanics) as potential new parishioners - new parishioners who’ll put money in the collection box every week and will help justify the continued budgetary existence of groups like Catholic Charities.”
How long before they realize that isn’t happening? Here in NJ they’ve been here for decades without contributing much to churches (or forming their own). Just as these Hispanics aren’t coming here to fund the retirements of old white people, they aren’t coming here to provide for the upkeep of a clerical class either. They want the schooling, but that’s it.