Posted on 01/22/2017 1:19:30 AM PST by Lazamataz
Madrid (AFP) - Pope Francis warned against populism, saying it could lead to the election of "saviours" like Hitler.
In an hour-long interview with Spanish newspaper El Pais conducted as Donald Trump was being sworn in as US president, the pontiff also condemned the idea of using walls and barbed wire to keep out foreigners.
"Of course crises provoke fears and worries," he said but added that for him "the example of populism in the European sense of the word is Germany in 1933.
"Germany... was looking for a leader, someone who would give her back her identity and there was a little man named Adolf Hitler who said 'I can do it'."
"Hitler did not steal power," the pope said. "He was elected by his people and then he destroyed his people."
The Germans at that time also wanted to protect themselves with "walls and barbed wire so that others cannot take away their identity," he said.
"The case of Germany is classic," he said, adding that Hitler gave them a "deformed identity and we know what it produced."
Pope Francis however underscored that it was too early to pass judgement on Trump.
"Let's see. Let's see what he does and then we will evaluate," he said.
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First: The scariest part about the Pope's utterances is that he is part of the Soros/DNC Conglomerate.
Second: The Pope should be much more involved with God's Law, and much less so with Godwin's Law
This current pope isn’t even fit to shine shoes.... Just my opinion.
The globalists are tripling down, gonna get ugly folks.
Much closer to home, how about Juan and Eva Peron? LOL
The Pope’s in on it too? I knew this one was nutty, but good grief.
Worst. Pope. Ever.
This Pope is bad news, a Leftist with schismatic tendencies and a love of political intrigue and manipulation. He risks making a train wreck of the Catholic Church.
Moran is unfit to be in the same building as Charles Lindbergh. Maybe he should read a book.
He’s not my pope. I don’t have to believe he’s infallible, and I leave it to Catholics to sort this out.
The Pope needs to read some history books. He apparently doesn’t understand that Hitler wanted lebensraum, that the barbed wire was to imprison whom he deemed as outcasts and that the Berlin wall was built to keep people in, which happened after Hitler. None of which has anything to do with our new administration.
This "pope" is a false and Satanic man, but you probably know that already.
Take care.
Your pal,
Sky
Well then they can bring it! I know that I’m on the winning side of what is really, spiritual warfare.
Agreed.
He’s for the refugee invasion no borders no walls, yet he wont open up the gates and wall of the Vatican and allow them to settle there
AAAMEN!
The POPE is a DOPE.
TRUMP laid out the problem and drew the RED LINE in the sand. But, unlike his predecessors, TRUMP means what he says and declared GOD is protecting the nation!
I see the election and the start of the Trump White House as simply Reagan 2.0.
Because they are on the losing side.
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