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  • Pope: welcoming refugees helps keeps us safe from terrorism

    09/17/2016 9:20:53 AM PDT · by Mr. Mojo · 43 replies
    AP via Lexington Reader ^ | SEPTEMBER 17, 2016
    VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis has encouraged Europeans to welcome refugees, calling authentic hospitality "our greatest security against hateful acts of terrorism." Francis Saturday spoke to alumni of Jesuit schools in Europe who were in Rome for a conference on refugees. The pope said: "I encourage you to welcome refugees into your homes and communities, so that their first experience of Europe is not the traumatic experience of sleeping cold on the streets, but one of warm welcome."
  • Pope Blames Refugee Crisis on 'God of Money,' 'Socio-Economic System That Is Bad, Unjust'

    09/14/2015 7:00:17 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 130 replies
    MRCTV.org ^ | 09/14/2015 | Craig Bannister
    In an interview with Portugal-based Radio Renascença aired yesterday, Pope Francis declared that the current refugee crisis in Europe is being caused by a “bad, unjust” socio-economic system that worships “the god of money.” In the interview, where questions were posed in Portuguese and the responses were given by Pope Francis in Spanish, the pontiff said coveting money will bring about both human and ecological ruin: “This is the tip of the iceberg. We see these refugees, these poor people who are escaping from war, escaping from hunger, but that’s the tip of the iceberg. But underlying that is the...