Will bishops thaw Weisenburger ICE proposal?

Amid national immigration controversy, might a long frozen question about canonical penalties be revived?

Bishop Edward Weisenburger speaks at the 2018 spring plenary assembly of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Credit: USCCB

As the United States falls into deeper division over the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement mechanisms, bishops are beginning to speak out — with Cardinal Joseph Tobin this week calling Immigration and Custo…