text: Regarding: "We need these immigrants to remind us that the Gospel is good news to the poor."
  - What the poor already are not reminder enough?
  - That the poor, already here, have not been evangelized much if at all points to the blindness that inflicts a man on his elevation to the episcopacy.
  - The poor who do not come to church underscores the mistaken belief by the laity that evangelization and catechization are the domain of clerics. Even if that is what many clerics hold, the fact of the manner is that evangelization, e.g., prolcaiming the gospel, especially is the duty of all baptized catholics.
  - Thus, 'filling the pews' is a red herring to distract from a profound structural problem in the USA local churches -- the bishops love to govern, some enjoy teaching, but not a lot of sanctifying - proclaiming the gospel - is going on.