Archbishop Cupich Hits Steve Bannon: ‘Laughable’ to Believe Church Has Economic Interest in Mass Immigration

Cupich-GettyImages-640x480“(Roman Catholic Steve Bannon said) “The [Catholic] bishops have been terrible about this. You know why? Because unable to really … come to grips with the problems in the Church, they need illegal aliens, they need illegal aliens to fill the churches … They have an economic interest in unlimited immigration, unlimited illegal immigration._ (The Archbishop said in return) “Yes, in fact, he even went so far as to say that we wanted to increase our collections as a result of that. That it was a monetary, a financial decision which I think Cardinal Dolan found laughable, as I do. We budget quite a bit of money every year in order to assist people who are migrating here, people who are trying to enter into our society and be a part of the American dream.” –Source

The “American Dream?” He actually said that as a rebuke to what Bannon said? That statement alone proves Bannon was 100% correct! This Bishop claims the Church’s activities regarding how they help immigrants and many of them are in fact illegal immigrants, is not about the financial benefits. If that’s so, why mention the “American dream” which is all about becoming financially successful to the point their donations to the Catholic church will indeed go up?   Continue reading