Comrade Seitz Claims U.S. Catholics Need To Be ‘Reeducated’ On Illegal Immigration

A recent survey that reveals a mixed-bag of Catholic perceptions on immigration, including responses that don’t align with Church teaching, brings Bishop Mark Seitz back to the question that Church leaders often grapple with in this age of secularization: How can they form the conscience of their members, and shape them according to Christ’s message?

“That gets down to the very basis, the very foundation, of how we as a Church can help people to live a Christian life, and the truth is that we are very limited in that, especially now that people are losing the conviction that part of being a Catholic/Christian is worshiping on Sunday,” Seitz, the bishop of El Paso and Chair of the U.S. Bishops’ Conference Committee on Migration, told Crux.

“As we lose that conviction, we don’t even have them for that 50 minutes to an hour on Sunday, but that is such a bare minimum,” Seitz explained. “So where do Catholics/Christians turn? Where can they turn to really hear how the gospel should be impacting their daily lives? That’s a significant problem.”

The survey on Catholic perceptions of immigration, titled “U.S. Catholics’ Attitudes about Immigration, Migrants, and Refugees” was published by the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) at Georgetown University in June.

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