Archbishop Wenski’s Plea for Federal Funds Exposes the Conciliar Church’s Servile Dependence on Caesar

EWTN News portal reports that Archbishop Thomas Wenski of Miami held a press conference on April 15, 2026, urging the U.S. government to reconsider the cancellation of an $11 million federal contract with Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Miami. The contract funded the Unaccompanied Minors Program, which has operated since 1960, beginning with Operation Pedro Pan that resettled approximately 14,000 Cuban children fleeing the Castro regime. Wenski called the decision “baffling,” arguing that Catholic Charities’ “track record in serving this vulnerable population is unmatched” and that the program “would be hard-pressed to replicate at the level of competence and excellence” achieved by the organization. Peter Routsis-Arroyo, executive director of Catholic Charities, stated the organization received no warning and was negotiating a new budget up to the time of cancellation. The abrupt termination threatens to shut down services within three months, affecting the Msgr. Bryan O. Walsh Children’s Village, which can house up to 81 children. Republican Reps. María Elvira Salazar and Carlos Giménez also issued a letter urging reconsideration, warning that losing this capacity will make future migration responses “more costly, slower, and less effective.” This episode lays bare the fundamental bankruptcy of the post-conciliar church’s relationship with secular powers: rather than proclaiming the immutable rights of Christ the King over all nations and demanding that governments fulfill their divine obligations, Wenski and his associates grovel before Caesar, begging for the restoration of funds to maintain a program that, however materially beneficial, operates within a framework that systematically ignores the supernatural destiny of souls and the Church’s exclusive mission to lead men to eternal salvation.