By William Kilpatrick, Crisis Magazine - In a sense, the Catholic Church in Italy had set itself up for rejection. In the months leading up to the March election, it doubled down on its policy of greater openness to immigrants whether legal or illegal. In a dozen different ways, Church leaders let it be known that refusal to welcome the migrant was, in effect, a rejection of Christ... Yet voters ignored the Church and voted in large numbers for the anti-immigration parties.