Cardinal Mahony is not a Johnny-come-lately to being concerned about Latinos. These are his people. He meets them, sees them, and knows how immigration impacts on them and their families. |
I think he's gone very much against the expectations of a lot of people. |
This is based on Catholic social teaching, the concern for the poor, that we should be hospitable to visitors and immigrants. This is not based on partisan politics. |
What's funny is that, in fact, the liberal Catholics are kind of giving a sigh of relief, but conservative Catholics are complaining. They were hoping that someone would crack down on all of the people they consider heretics, but so far he has not done that. |