Why the Catholic Church Needs Illegal Immigration
An example of the Catholic need for illegal immigration was seen in the May 11 Catholic New World, the Archdiocese of Chicago newspaper, in an article titled, “11 Men to be Ordained for Archdiocese.”
On May 17 Chicago Cardinal Francis George ordained 11 men to the Roman priesthood – none of whom are from the USA! Five are from Poland, two from Tanzania, two from Mexico, one from Columbia, and one from Ecuador. To quote from the article:
“All accepted the Archdiocese of Chicago’s invitation to leave their homeland and minister to the church here.”
Comment – I can’t blame them (the newly ordained priests, that is). Life will be a lot easier than it is in Tanzania or Ecuador!
The article made no mention of any complaining by Mexican Catholic bishops about this. This is interesting because in Mexico there is one priest for every 7000 Catholics, while in the USA there is one priest for every 1400 Catholics. You would think that the USA would be sending priests to Mexico to even things up!
The real story is - the Catholic Church knows it has Mexico fully in its grip, so they’re not concerned about a “priest shortage” down there. What counts is bolstering the Catholic Church in the USA – which, if there had not been any illegal immigration the past 40 years, there would be the same number of Catholics here as were in 1965.
The Chicago archdiocese has 2.3 million Catholics – and not one from Chicago for the priesthood this year! This is good news as it should encourage us to keep praying daily for Catholic conversions. And may we also keep praying that our Lord stop the illegal immigration that is destroying the USA.
No Surrender!!
On May 17 Chicago Cardinal Francis George ordained 11 men to the Roman priesthood – none of whom are from the USA! Five are from Poland, two from Tanzania, two from Mexico, one from Columbia, and one from Ecuador. To quote from the article:
“All accepted the Archdiocese of Chicago’s invitation to leave their homeland and minister to the church here.”
Comment – I can’t blame them (the newly ordained priests, that is). Life will be a lot easier than it is in Tanzania or Ecuador!
The article made no mention of any complaining by Mexican Catholic bishops about this. This is interesting because in Mexico there is one priest for every 7000 Catholics, while in the USA there is one priest for every 1400 Catholics. You would think that the USA would be sending priests to Mexico to even things up!
The real story is - the Catholic Church knows it has Mexico fully in its grip, so they’re not concerned about a “priest shortage” down there. What counts is bolstering the Catholic Church in the USA – which, if there had not been any illegal immigration the past 40 years, there would be the same number of Catholics here as were in 1965.
The Chicago archdiocese has 2.3 million Catholics – and not one from Chicago for the priesthood this year! This is good news as it should encourage us to keep praying daily for Catholic conversions. And may we also keep praying that our Lord stop the illegal immigration that is destroying the USA.
No Surrender!!
posted by Robt. B. at 8:31 AM
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