Once again, Catholic Church leaders make the shortsighted mistake of siding with a socialistic agenda.
Atheistic socialism always begins with an illusionary appeal to altruism. The present immigration battle is another crisis manufactured and exploited for political gain. Illegal immigrants are just the latest to be used as pawns. Socialism, though, continually fails to provide the new order of an earthly utopia; it does not work. The current administration is only enforcing the existing law. If America becomes a lawless country, we will be in no position to help anybody.
Aligning with this type of ideological activism always comes back to bite the Church. Consider the legalization of abortion and of homosexual unions, and the marginalization of Christianity. The objective is the liberation of principle by collective tyranny, resulting in much destruction and many deaths. And the Church wonders where religious liberty has gone.
Michael Coyle lives in Charlotte.