Posted on 11/11/2016 3:54:00 PM PST by marshmallow
The Pope said he simply wanted to understand the suffering that politicians 'cause to the poor'
Pope Francis has declined to offer any comment about Donald Trump in a new interview, but said he was concerned about how political policies may affect the lives of the poor.
The interview with Eugenio Scalfari, the founder of Italian newspaper La Repubblica, was conducted on November 7, prior to the US election.
When asked for his opinion on Trump, the Pontiff said: “I don’t judge people and politicians, I simply want to understand what kinds of suffering they cause to the poor and the excluded through their way of doing things.”
Pope Francis added that his major concern at the moment was for the ongoing refugee and migrant crisis.
He said: “We need to knock down the walls that divide us, try to boost wellbeing and make it more widespread, but in order to achieve this, we need to knock down walls and build bridges that can lessen inequality and boost freedom and rights.
“What we want is a fight against inequality – this is the biggest evil that exists in the world today. Money is what causes this and it goes against measures that aim to even out wellbeing and thus favour equality,” he concluded.
In February Pope Francis had criticised Trump’s stance on immigration. He was particularly concerned about the president-elect’s campaign pledge to build a wall at the Mexican boarder.
At the time the Pope said: “A person who thinks only of building walls, wherever they may be, and not building bridges, isn’t Christian.”
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A typical “MUGWUMP” sort of answer.
Now here’s a guy who lives completely in his own head. If only he knew what people thought of him, even his own congregation.
“I don’t judge people and politicians”
I thought lying was a sin?
Lying IS a sin but this egotistical prick thought he’s above that cause’ ya now...he’s the Pope. (s/)
So the Pope never calls to congratulate the President?
Is this SOP?
I guess it’s hard to be clever or sarcastic in Italian, when Argentine Spanish is your native tongue. He’ll think of something soon. I expect Trump will be making a visit to the Vatican during his first full stop in Europe or Great Britain.
Then why did he come out in favor of Clinton last week?
I remember when the Pope had to be Catholic.
He sure is a dumb f#%¥!
OH B.S. you haven’t!!! Francis the talking pope running his jaws again!!!
If he did, there are a few people in the Wikileaks files he'd have said something about already.
This communist pope is a disaster.
I want to know what REALLY happened to Pope Benedict XVI.
Ok Francis.....there’s this thing....it’s called a job...and when poor people have one, they are no longer poor.
This pope is a moron. If St. Peter’s ends up the same as Hagia Sophia then perhaps he may change his mind.
Sure Francis judges politicians. He praised Emma Bonino, an Italian politician and also that country’s foremost abortionist, as being a forgotten great.
He needs to pray more and speak least.
He still does.
Marxism is not Catholicism.
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