Is Immigration Becoming a New Catholic Dogma?

The migrant is presented as the sole holder of rights, while the host community is reduced to a collection of moral debtors, stripped of any legitimate claim to security, identity, cultural continuity, and political order. On July 15, several outlets reported the news of a very particular tour that Mattia Ferrari, an Italian priest and coordinator of the World Meeting of Popular Movements (WMPM), is carrying out from the end of June across 21 cities in the United States, starting from California and reaching New York, passing through the State of Washington, Texas, Colorado, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Indiana, Michigan, Louisiana, Washington D.C., and New Jersey. The tour is expected to end around the first days of August. The ultimate goal of this tour is to receive and listen to the various immigrant families, to understand their suffering and the difficulties of integration, and to raise awareness not only among public opinion in the cities visited, but above all among the bishops of …