It’s safe to say Breitbart chief Steve Bannon is blunt in disagreeing with the Catholic Church over illegal immigration.
Interviewed by Charlie Rose for “60 Minutes” this week, Bannon was pressed on how he could be a good Catholic and oppose legalizing illegal immigrants.
“The bishops have been terrible about this,” the former White House strategist told his interviewer. “By the way, you know why? You know why? Because [they’re] unable to really come to grips with the problems in the Church, they need illegal aliens, they need illegal aliens to fill the churches.”
Bannon added, “They have an economic interest in unlimited immigration, unlimited illegal immigration.”
That brought anguish from secular liberals who otherwise don’t take the church’s teachings seriously. Some conservative Catholics were also upset about Bannon’s comments. And Church bishops were naturally not happy with the criticism. ...
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