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Vance vs. The Bishops on Immigration, Part II, by Phil Lawler – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

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By Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture, Jan 29, 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.

 

After reading Part I of this essay, several readers wrote to lament that for every dollar the US bishops’ conference spends to support pregnancy-help centers, roughly $50 goes to programs assisting immigrants. If the Church is truly committed to helping those most in need—the poorest of the poor—shouldn’t the defenseless unborn children have higher priority?

The question is valid, but irrelevant to my argument. Pregnancy-help centers and pregnancy-resettlement programs fall into completely different categories in the work of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). When they provide support for pregnant women, the bishops are performing a charitable act. When they provide support for refugees, they are fulfilling a government contract. ….

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