With Pope Leo XIV set to visit the Canary Islands – a major entry point for migrants entering Europe – during his trip to Spain in June, the local bishop has warned that both sides of the political aisle use immigration to further their own aims.
Spain recently approved a plan to regularize the status of 500,000 migrants which has sparked fierce debate in the country and José Mazuelos, bishop of C...
The narrative presented relies on framing immigration as a zero-sum ideological conflict, where the issue is defined by political utility rather than humanitarian need. This structure is designed to manage resistance by shifting the focus from the substance of the policy (regularization) to the mechanism of its deployment (voting and ideology).
The core pattern is the strategic deployment of moral and political authority (the Church, world leaders) to mediate a conflict that is fundamentally eco...