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Bishop Brendan Cahill engaged with criticisms and says he hopes Catholics will ‘move beyond talking past one another’ on the contentious issue.
Immigration is a divisive issue, including within the Catholic Church.
Despite the U.S. bishops’ concerted opposition to elements of President Donald Trump’s immigration-enforcement campaign, especially mass deportation, the president’s approach has the support of a majority of American Catholics — including the most sacramentally active.
According to a just-released EWTN News/RealClear Opinion Research poll, 54% of Catholic voters say they support “the detention and deportation of unauthorized immigrants on a broad scale.” The level of support is even higher — 58% — among Catholics who attend Mass at least weekly.
The Trump administration has deported around 605,000 people since January. The White House has said the focused campaign is a necessary response to more than 10 million undocumented immigrants entering the country during the Biden presidency, but the administration has also deported individuals who have been in the country for more than a decade.
Some bishops contend that political ideology is responsible for the disconnect they’re experiencing with some of their flock on the issue. But other Catholics say that a failure of Church leaders to openly engage the faithful on the issue is part of the problem.
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Immigration is a divisive issue, including within the Catholic Church.
Despite the U.S. bishops’ concerted opposition to elements of President Donald Trump’s immigration-enforcement campaign, especially mass deportation, the president’s approach has the support of a majority of American Catholics — including the most sacramentally active.
According to a just-released EWTN News/RealClear Opinion Research poll, 54% of Catholic voters say they support “the detention and deportation of unauthorized immigrants on a broad scale.” The level of support is even higher — 58% — among Catholics who attend Mass at least weekly.
The Trump administration has deported around 605,000 people since January. The White House has said the focused campaign is a necessary response to more than 10 million undocumented immigrants entering the country during the Biden presidency, but the administration has also deported individuals who have been in the country for more than a decade.
Some bishops contend that political ideology is responsible for the disconnect they’re experiencing with some of their flock on the issue. But other Catholics say that a failure of Church leaders to openly engage the faithful on the issue is part of the problem.
Continued below.
US Bishops’ New Immigration Chairman Responds to Critiques From Catholics
Bishop Brendan Cahill engaged with criticisms and says he hopes Catholics will ‘move beyond talking past one another’ on the contentious issue.
