The Pope's Real Message: Read the totality of what the Pope said, rather than MSM chosen excerpts

American Thinker ^ | 09/26/2015 | Tom Trinko

[SeekAndFind]

The Pope’s comments to Congress on immigration have to be read in detail in order to understand what he’s saying. He’s not making specific policy statements -- you must provide a path to citizenship. Instead he’s defining the moral rules that should govern our actions:

Our world is facing a refugee crisis of a magnitude not seen since the Second World War. This presents us with great challenges and many hard decisions. 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. To respond in a way which is always humane, just and fraternal.

His most important point is that we must treat refugees and would-be immigrants as we would wish to be treated. That’s a moral statement, not a detailed policy prescription.

If we were fleeing for our lives, we’d want others to give us refuge, so we must provide refuge for those who are in danger of death.

The Pope is not saying that we are required to make refugees citizens or to give them welfare for life, just as we could not expect to be taken care of for life simply because at one point in time our lives were threatened. Further, we would not expect that others should solve the problems of our homeland while we reside in safety; even the French refugees from Nazism formed armed units that helped liberate Europe.

Hence, providing temporary shelter for those fleeing ISIS makes perfect sense,

[Slyfox]

As usual, they ignore the pro-life part, the part about the destruction of the family from without and within(unmarried parents and gays) while writing article after article about climate change, immigration, etc. Unfortunately, a large number of conservatives are falling for it.

They ignore the entire pro-life, pro-family stand of the Catholic Church and this Pope by design. They are laughing at us as we dicker about whether he might be a climate lefty.

There are some pretty smart people on our side, talk show hosts who I admire greatly who have been snookered.

By not saying anything about his pro-life stand, it is almost as if they are essentially tentative to make any anti-life points seeing as how Planned Parenthood has recently had a major scab ripped off their faces.

So, the left dare not glom on and make everyone even more sensitive about it.

I hate being played and I hate being lied to.

[Terry L Smith]

My summation.
The man is a Communist wolf wearing sheepskins.
‘ende’

[matginzac]

Thank you, Fly but it doesn’t wash with me...
She never discussed her bad choice of abortion and continued to live without the Sacrament of Marriage until the end of her life..convenient, no?
She is cited as an example of an advocate of Social Justice by the Pope...yet supported the communist oppression of Castro, Che and Minh.
Can’t have it both ways...can’t go down the cafeteria line and pick and choose what is Catholic and what isn’t.
Horrible choice by the Pontiff and awful to set up as an example of religious advocacy for the young...awful.