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Pope Says Children at U.S. Border Must Be 'Welcomed and Protected'
NBC News ^ | July 15, 2014

Posted on 07/15/2014 8:16:30 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

Pope Francis says migrants around the world are subjected to “racist and xenophobic attitudes” and he wants the tens of thousands of Central American children crossing the border into the United States to be “welcomed and protected.”

... He said that not only must the children be welcomed but the world must also promote development in their home countries.

(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnews.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: aliens; amnesty; border; illegalaliens; invasion
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1 posted on 07/15/2014 8:16:30 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Exhibit A to why I am almost a lapsed Catholic.


2 posted on 07/15/2014 8:17:24 AM PDT by TheThirdRuffian (RINOS like Romney, McCain, Christie are sure losers. No more!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

What does “welcome” mean?


3 posted on 07/15/2014 8:17:30 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Then welcome them into the Vatican and adopt them yourself.


4 posted on 07/15/2014 8:17:30 AM PDT by CatherineofAragon ((Support Christian white males---the architects of the jewel known as Western Civilization).)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Bless his heart.


5 posted on 07/15/2014 8:17:50 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Conservatism is the political disposition of grown-ups.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Now we know what to do with them! Send them to the Vatican.


6 posted on 07/15/2014 8:17:58 AM PDT by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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To: CatherineofAragon

this


7 posted on 07/15/2014 8:18:24 AM PDT by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Maybe they should first be welcomed and protected in their own dysfunctional, corrupt, elitist, socialist countries.


8 posted on 07/15/2014 8:19:40 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Great idea, Mr. Pope.

Come and get ‘em.


9 posted on 07/15/2014 8:20:01 AM PDT by humblegunner
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To: Jeff Chandler

He is an old man who has led a religious and secluded life which has led him to become naive and ignorant of evil...

many of these “children” are gang members with murder in their hearts.


10 posted on 07/15/2014 8:20:02 AM PDT by longfellowsmuse (last of the living nomads)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

That’s enough for me. No more tithing to the Catholic Church.


11 posted on 07/15/2014 8:20:35 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("The man who damns money obtained it dishonorably; the man who respects it earned it." --Ayn Rand)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Uh....NO


12 posted on 07/15/2014 8:20:46 AM PDT by servantboy777
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To: TheThirdRuffian

Perhaps the Pope should stick to theology, and not insert himself into ongoing social/political issues????


13 posted on 07/15/2014 8:20:46 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego (s)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Is the pope going to sell the Vatican art treasures to pay for them?

I didn't think so.

14 posted on 07/15/2014 8:20:52 AM PDT by MUDDOG
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Lets ship three or four thousand of them to the Vatican City and see what happens. (The sick and diseased ones first just to put a point on it.)(Loaves and Fishes will be provided)


15 posted on 07/15/2014 8:21:19 AM PDT by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Sez the guy from Argentina.


16 posted on 07/15/2014 8:21:26 AM PDT by cuban leaf (The US will not survive the obama presidency. The world may not either.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Good! Deport them to Vatican City. Eat yer peas pope.


17 posted on 07/15/2014 8:21:37 AM PDT by blackdog (There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
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18 posted on 07/15/2014 8:22:00 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

One of N reasons the church left me.

Where N is a very large number.


19 posted on 07/15/2014 8:22:07 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

OK YOU HEARD HIM FOLKS!

ALL CHURCHES MUST WELCOME (AND PAY FOR) THEM


20 posted on 07/15/2014 8:22:09 AM PDT by Mr. K (Palin/Cruz 2016)
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