Posted on 09/25/2015 9:10:08 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
I expect this will occur the day the pope throws open the gates of Vatican City to all who wish to live there.
Invoking Martin Luther King Jr. and his famous “I Have a Dream” speech, Francis made an impassioned plea for the refugees fleeing Syria, saying the crisis is “of a magnitude not seen since the Second World War.”
Noting his own status as “the son of immigrants,” the pope pivoted to a more sensitive subject: The flow of illegal immigrants across the United States’s southern border.
He urged compassion for immigrants, warning not to repeat “the sins and the errors of the past” by turning them away.
“On this continent, too, thousands of persons are led to travel north in search of a better life for themselves and for their loved ones, in search of greater opportunities. Is this not what we want for our own children? We must not be taken aback by their numbers, but rather view them as persons, seeing their faces and listening to their stories, trying to respond as best we can to their situation,” Francis said, according to his prepared remarks.
“Let us remember the golden rule: ‘Do unto others as you would have them do unto you,’ ” he added.
“This rule points us in a clear direction. Let us treat others with the same passion and compassion with which we want to be treated. Let us seek for others the same possibilities which we seek for ourselves. Let us help others to grow, as we would like to be helped ourselves.”
Several Democrats applauded as Francis declared, “We, the people of this continent, are not fearful of foreigners, because most of us were once foreigners.”
Most Republicans did not join in the applause, with GOP presidential candidate Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), a son of Cuban immigrants, among the exceptions.
The old Cheech and Chong joke about the papal stance on sex — “He no playa the game, he no makea the rules” — applies here. Vatican City is a self-governing enclave of Italy, and yet, you need a pass to get into the area and a permit to live there.
Perhaps the pope could allow 100,000 Syrians to set up camp in St. Peter’s Square? Nothing like showing “compassion” for the immigrants. Of course, the idea is ridiculous but so is telling us to open our border to allow millions to come in. Will the Vatican send cash to help us take care of them?
The pope doesn’t get it. The world is full of countries that murder their own people, oppress their personal and political aspirations, or are at war with one or several of their neighbors. There are also dozens of civil wars. Nations like the U.S. and those in western Europe are the exception to the rule. Most of the rest of the planet is a dark, miserable, dangerous place for humans to live.
The west has spent a thousand years carefully, even painfully, building up institutions, traditions, and habits of thought that have allowed us to construct societies that, for most, answer the basic human yearning for freedom and security. The addition of millions of people unfamiliar with these institutions and traditions — and unwilling to learn them — would fundamentally alter and undermine the societies in which they settled.
To those who built those societies and those trying to maintain them, this would be radically unfair and, dare I say, immoral. The pope is cashing checks with his heart that the rest of us can’t afford. I would suggest he change his definition of “compassion” when it comes to the mass migration of people.
Considering the fact the Catholic Church has been running an illegal alien underground railroad into this country for decades, I was wondering if they operate likewise in Mexico, or any other country for that matter.
This guy comes here and seemingly tries to dictate to us how we run our nation.
Steal this money from your citizens and spread it around the world. Open your borders to everyone...
Hey, he’s the same ass-hat who couldn’t utter a word to Cuba’s leaders about their Christians.
I’m sorry to say this, but this man is morally bankrupt.
When will he open the Vatican borders to the European and Islamic hoards?
According to Reuters (via MSN website)), the pope has strongly endorsed the UN’s/ seventeen “Sustainable Development Goals,” which include (section 5.6) a call for “universal access for women to sexual and reproductive health care.” Of course, that means universal access to abortion.
I’m saddened that we opened our borders to you, Frank.
Now get out.
When the Pope opens up his “borders” to the billions of dollars of stored wealth in the Vatican treasury, then...MAYBE...we...Oh, hell no! The US allows more legal immigrants into the US than all other countries of the world combined. Tell the Pope to direct the message to those Arab countries that won’t even take their own in. We’ve done enough.
I think that it’s time for Pope Francis to get back to the vatican.
Open the Southern border but (apparently) not the Northern border? Isn’t that racist?
“Goodbye, don’t forget to write. Here’s your funny hat, Frank. What’s your hurry? So long. Watch the door ...”
Just a commie Pope, being a commie Pope.
At least Drunkin Boner was kicked out.
Well, now, how should all these illegal entrants and visa overstayers apply the Golden Rule when considering how they should act toward the USA and its citizens?
Heck, the Indian tribes violated one another’s borders long before Whities arrived from Europe.
With apologies to any Catholics in the house, but, the Pope is a dope.
Or smoking dope.
Or ill.
Or just plain frigging crazy.
The Pope can go jump out a window.
Part of the problem with what the pope says is that the only part that is getting reported is about global warming and immigration. I think church leaders, all of them, lean towards charity and kindness, even to the point of opposing the death penalty, etc.
How many articles have you read about his chastising the congress on his statement about the importance of life in all stages of development, and his obvious condemnation of gay lifestyles, etc when he spoke about the importance of the family unit and the attacks on it?
None.
In the interest of disclosure, we are a Catholic family.
And like most, total conservatives.
Maybe he should read his Bible, especially those parts about how it’s wrong to steal, lie, and covet. While he’s at it, he could read the parts about being in subjection to the authorities over us. Then he can tell illegals to repent, go back to their home countries, and apply to come to the US legally.
all they want is more money illegals make more in usa thus can give more to the church...
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