Something is in the water down there.
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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No, but the IVY lawyer running against Trump will want to sue the pope after his butt is kicked Saturday in SC.
Good post~
Thanks for mentioning this: For me, perhaps the most BRILLIANT ASPECT of this “nuclear event” has been the Black Sisters (Diamond and Silk).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuMYq3WmHSo
WooHoo!!! Great job OwenKellogg! I have a new wallpaper!
***This pope is so useless. I’m not a catholic, but I loved JPII. Your holiness, you are no JPII***
Well I am Catholic and what the Pope said is outrageous! He can’t know a person’s soul and he came off like a complete hypocrite and a childish one at that! But then socialist are childish.
How dare he tell a country to invade another and steal from them!
By their fruits you will know them. His bush is full of thorns!
Something is in the water down there.
This Pope is hardly my “brother”.
Only those saved by the Holy Blood of Christ are my brothers.
He denies this and he denies John 14:6 by his own words many times.
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