The Church and the migration business in Spain
Is the Catholic Church running a business with migrants? An analysis of its alliance with power and its role in the migration business.
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The Church and the migration business: charity or corporation?
Amid a demographic crisis and mounting migration pressure, the Catholic Church has found a new goldmine: the poor generated by the system. Vatican II and Liberation Theology transformed the institution into the "Church of the Poor", but the uncomfortable question is whether that shift stems from a pastoral vocation or a well-oiled business.
From early Christianity to a state religion
Early Christianity was an assembly of equals (ekklesia), a brotherhood without hierarchies. But the alliance with Rome turned it into a state religion, vertical and allied with power. That institutional drift peaked with the French Revolution, when the clergy became civil servants of the state. Since then, the Church has operated as a corporation competing for influence and resources.
The migration business
Today, the Church has adopted "migrantism" as its new political religion. It takes in the poor that the state and capitalism generate, but not without profit. Every migrant it serves means subsidies, donations and soft power. The criticism is not of humanitarian aid, but of its instrumentalisation: the Church has become an agent of the migration business, perpetuating a cycle of dependency.
The paradox is obvious: an institution that preaches evangelical poverty accumulates wealth and power by managing other people's poverty. The debate over whether this is charity or business remains open, but the data suggest the Church has adapted to the misery market better than any multinational.
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Amid a demographic crisis and mounting migration pressure, the Catholic Church has found a new goldmine: the poor generated by the system. Vatican II and Liberation Theology transformed the institution into the "Church of the Poor", but the uncomfortable question is whether that shift stems from a pastoral vocation or a well-oiled business.
From early Christianity to a state religion
Early Christianity was an assembly of equals (ekklesia), a brotherhood without hierarchies. But the alliance with Rome turned it into a state religion, vertical and allied with power. That institutional drift peaked with the French Revolution, when the clergy became civil servants of the state. Since then, the Church has operated as a corporation competing for influence and resources.
The migration business
Today, the Church has adopted "migrantism" as its new political religion. It takes in the poor that the state and capitalism generate, but not without profit. Every migrant it serves means subsidies, donations and soft power. The criticism is not of humanitarian aid, but of its instrumentalisation: the Church has become an agent of the migration business, perpetuating a cycle of dependency.
The paradox is obvious: an institution that preaches evangelical poverty accumulates wealth and power by managing other people's poverty. The debate over whether this is charity or business remains open, but the data suggest the Church has adapted to the misery market better than any multinational.
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