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Pope Francis Will Stand With Migrants at U.S. Border
Wall Street Journal ^

Posted on 02/09/2016 6:26:02 PM PST by Sub-Driver

Pope Francis Will Stand With Migrants at U.S. Border Dudley Althaus And José de Córdoba Feb. 9, 2016 8:53 p.m. ET

MEXICO CITY—Pope Francis arrives in Mexico on Friday for a six-day visit that will end with a highly symbolic and potentially controversial act: the pontiff taking a stand on the fortified U.S. border to show solidarity with the migrants trying to cross it.

The pope’s gesture comes at the height of a rancorous U.S. political season in which immigration has become a hot-button issue.

Two leading candidates for the Republican nomination, Donald Trump and Ted Cruz, have vowed to build a wall along the nearly 2,000 miles of the U.S.-Mexican border. Mr. Trump has said he would forcibly deport up to 11 million illegal migrants from the U.S.

The pope will hold a cross-border Mass in Ciudad Juárez on Feb. 17 just 90 yards from the U.S. frontier. Some 200,000 people are expected to attend on the Mexican side and an additional 50,000 across the Rio Grande in Texas.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Mexico; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 2016election; aliens; antipope; bordersecurity; election2016; illegals; newyork; pope; popefrancis; religiousleft; rop; trump
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To: EagleUSA
This guy is standing for breakers of American law....just like Obama and his ilk. A “Democrat” Pope.

As well as the GOP establishment... This is the 'new world order'... and this nation's Constitution is an impediment to their goals. The old now dead lion of the Senate, a mighty fine Catholic, Teddy Kennedy, pushed and shoved these same goals upon US.

81 posted on 02/10/2016 12:35:20 PM PST by Just mythoughts (Jesus said Luke 17:32 Remember Lot's wife.)
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To: Flavious_Maximus
Unreal. This heretic pope is promoting illegal activities. It make you wonder how much money (silver pieces) the Catholic church is taking from Uncle Sam (taxpayers) to provide lodging for all these illegals.

They are calling it 'charities' and those 'charities' have a direct feeding tube to the US taxpayers. That is why they despise 'tea party' NO taxation/mandates without representation.

82 posted on 02/10/2016 12:37:08 PM PST by Just mythoughts (Jesus said Luke 17:32 Remember Lot's wife.)
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To: Ann Archy
OMG!! He needs to stick to what he was elected to do!!

Maybe this is exactly what he was elected to do... This is not new, the Catholic Bishops lean on Congress all the time to remove the border.

83 posted on 02/10/2016 12:39:33 PM PST by Just mythoughts (Jesus said Luke 17:32 Remember Lot's wife.)
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To: SamuraiScot

Yes, the Royalist and Papist supporters of Charles II did that.

Of course LP Cromwell was not affected. In fact, most modern research shows they had the wrong body.

But we do know what you espouse now, don’t we?

Royalism and Papistry.

Not real fond of the Americans, are ya?


84 posted on 02/10/2016 2:47:51 PM PST by Regulator
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To: Regulator
Royalism and Papistry.

Not real fond of the Americans

And you are . . . English?

The danger at our own border is not from a Pope who will make a statement about immigration--one not binding on the faithful, I might add, since it is about politics--and go home. It is from South American drug lords and Middle Eastern jihadists who will not go home, and from a Leftist 5th column that is against whatever is good for Middle America.

Christians, Jews, libertarians, and even nostalgic Puritans need to fight this here-and-now peril with our full attention, since it threatens us all. We should do this, rather than settling into the safety of rhetorical re-enactments of the civil wars of England and Scotland in the 17th century.

85 posted on 02/11/2016 6:00:28 AM PST by SamuraiScot
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To: Sub-Driver

Hey Pope, take them to the Vatican with you.


86 posted on 02/11/2016 10:36:55 AM PST by VRWCmember
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