Cardinal Dolan: Illegal Immigration “Helps Our Church”, by Christopher Manion

By Christopher Manion, The Wanderer, January 5, 2024

Regardless of any motions that the bishops might adopt every four years affirming the “preeminent issue of abortion,” immigration continues to consume most of their energy.

One factor is money.  Our bishops receive no federal funding to support their opposition to abortion, but for their Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO’s) operations facilitating Joe Biden’s immigration policies, they receive millions in taxpayer dollars every year.

That funding, and the myriads of the USCCB’s secular operations that it pays for, have drawn increasing attention in recent years.

Last month, Archbishop Timothy Cardinal Dolan of New York offered a valuable insight into how this all fits into the current agenda of the American hierarchy.

On December 21, in a roundtable discussion sponsored by the Center for Migration Studies of New York, Cardinal Dolan painted an intriguing picture of the USCCB’s approach to immigration. …

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