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By Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture, June 19, 2025
Phil Lawler has been a Catholic journalist for more than 30 years. He has edited several Catholic magazines and written eight books. Founder of Catholic World News, he is the news director and lead analyst at CatholicCulture.org. …
Looking at the Trump administration’s efforts to enforce US immigration laws, and the sometimes violent reactions, Archbishop Timothy Broglio, speaking as president of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) perceives “a profound social crisis before which no person of good will can remain silent.”
Well, we can all agree that the immigration problem has attained the proportions of a crisis. But why is the USCCB speaking out now? The problem has been evident for many years. Our bishops did not see it as a “profound social crisis” when hundreds of thousands of unvetted immigrants were pouring unchecked across our southern border, and hundreds of unaccompanied children were disappearing. No, at that time, when the border was most porous, the USCCB and Catholic Charities and dozens of local Catholic organizations were taking in millions of dollars in government contracts to “resettle” the immigrants. They were too busy then to complain about the evident flaws of the immigration system. …
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