Posted on 02/18/2016 3:44:58 PM PST by mandaladon
ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) -- Thrusting himself into the heated American presidential campaign, Pope Francis declared Thursday that Donald Trump is "not Christian" if he wants to address illegal immigration only by building a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Trump fired back ferociously, saying it was "disgraceful" for a religious leader to question a person's faith
The rare back-and-forth between pontiff and presidential candidate was the latest astonishing development in an American election already roiled by Trump's free-wheeling rhetoric and controversial policy proposals, particularly on immigration. It also underscored the popular pope's willingness to needle U.S. politicians on hot-button issues.
Francis' comments came hours after he concluded a visit to Mexico, where he prayed at the border for people who died trying to reach the U.S. While speaking to reporters on the papal plane, he was asked what he thought of Trump's campaign pledge to build a wall along the entire length of the border and expel millions of people in the U.S. illegally.
"A person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be, and not building bridges, is not Christian," he said. While Francis said he would "give the benefit of the doubt" because he had not heard Trump's border plans independently, he added, "I say only that this man is not a Christian if he has said things like that."
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The Vatican wall was first built in 852 A.D. to fend off Muslim attackers. It is guarded today with the elite Swiss Guards with all types of guns shown below:
Pope on His Vatican Walls pointing to Germany for his unwanted immigrants!
Futile try.
Get a time machine and go back shut the pope up before he opened his mouth about Trump!
Thanks! Here is another Gospel reading re your post!
Matthew 7 New International Version (NIV)
Judging Others
1 Do not judge, or you too will be judged.
2 For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
3 Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brothers eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?
4 How can you say to your brother, Let me take the speck out of your eye, when all the time there is a plank in your own eye?
5 You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brothers eye.
Excellent Summary:
The salient point here is this:
The Pope knows that ONLY DONALD TRUMP will build a wall.
I have heard conservatives using this as a talking point against Trump, but I have not heard one word from any other candidates saying, “Hey, the Pope is talking about ME TOO, not just Trump.” Cowards.
POPE SAYS: ONLY TRUMP WILL BUILD A WALL
(AND the pope knows, Only Trump will secure or do a damn thing about the open borders)
Mexico-Guatemala border fence.
FYI South Caroina demographics: 84% protestant, 7% Catholic (#43 in the country).
Even Trump couldn’t have selected a better time for the Pope to inject his Catholic beliefs into the election.
Absolutely! Many of us have ancestors, who told Popes, Cardinals and Archbishops to go to hell and to leave them alone in America.
Why is media singling out Trump about the Pope’s wall comment?
Cruz started saying in debates recently that he would build a wall. Of course he said it in his typically mealy-mouthed, weaselly way, but he said it, right? So should he not step up and point out that he’s the target, also, of the Pope’s words?
The Pope knew the only president to build a fence/wall is Trump!
I am a Christian. I want border walls and tight immigration policy. <B<Because suicide is a sin.
Ours needs to be manned 24/7
This Pope is a fool and out of control
Homosexuals - “Who am I to judge”
Man running for President wants to build a wall to prevent evil from entering his country - “NOT A CHRISTIAN”
That’s exactly why he’s not qualified to decide who’s Christian or not. This Pope is first a Communist, and everything else is secondary to him. He’s a disgrace.
Trump needs to have someone monitoring freerepublic to see if he might get a good response.
My response would have been: “We’ve built bridges. They’re all along the border. They’re for law abiding people who want to come here legally.”
I read today that only 13% of the people in SC are Catholic. Most protestants are “tolerant” of Catholicism but get real upset when the Pope starts telling them what to do. So, you’re right. This will help Trump.
Even Trump could not have selected a better time for the Pope to inject his Catholic beliefs into the election.
We’ve got millions of illegals here - I say we’ve got too many damn bridges. Time for some walls.
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