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You are conflating two different issues. If you have determined that the Church must be expelled from the country because of its stand then you should say as much. The position on illegal immigration has nothing to do with the Church's mission to the canyon. I disagree heartily with the hierarchy's notion that charity requires that we welcome the barbarians but I do not deign to instruct the Church which souls are worthy of saving. Charity is not a national responsibility. It is personal. The state has no business granting charity to others because they use resources that belong to others. The state has a duty to secure the borders and to remove the barbarians. The Church's responsibility is to save souls and that is what that mission is engaged in doing. The wetbacks should be rounded up by the authorities and deported. And the Church should not cease ministering to their souls all the while.

"You are conflating two different issues."

I am not.

"If you have determined that the Church must be expelled from the country because of its stand then you should say as much."

Where did you get this? All I ask is that a tax-free institution known as the Roman Catholic Church stop interfering in matters temporal and secular when that involves aiding those committing crimes. Encouraging the commission of a sin (violation of a just law) isn't the Church's mission.

"The Church's responsibility is to save souls and that is what that mission is engaged in doing. "

Ah, but when they begin politicking (and YES THEY ARE DOING THIS) for lawbreakers, that steps over a line.

"And the Church should not cease ministering to their souls all the while."

ALL I ASK IS THAT MAHONEY AND HIS ILK STOP DEMANDING OUR LAWS BE CHANGED OR IGNORED! BTW, "ministering to their souls" should include encouragement to get right with the law too.

Is that clear enough?