My sister in law used to be the Parish Coordinator for one of the largest Catholic churches in town...and Catholic. I asked her once about why Catholics loved illegals so much. She said.....because they are the ones filling the pews now and most of the nuns and Priests come from other countries. Very few are U.S. citizens now.
So an obvious question would be why the congregation is losing locals. Could it be that it is beginning to pander so much to factions that it is losing touch with more general theological matters?