Posted on 02/19/2016 9:06:54 AM PST by Trumpinator
Vatican: Pope Was Not Singling out Trump With His Remarks
By frances d'emilio, associated press
VATICAN CITY — Feb 19, 2016, 12:01 PM
A spokesman for Pope Francis insisted Friday the pontiff was "in no way" launching an attack on Donald Trump, a U.S. presidential candidate, nor was he trying to sway voters by declaring someone who advocates building walls isn't Christian.
The Rev. Federico Lombardi, in an interview on Vatican Radio, stressed that Francis often speaks about building bridges, not walls, and that his remark on Thursday wasn't "a personal attack" on the business mogul.
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On Friday, Lombardi sought to put the pope's comments in context, saying they were "in no way a personal attack or an indication on how to vote." The radio interviewer told Lombardi that many have seen the comment as a kind of "excommunication, if we can call it that," of Trump.
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It's not personal, it's just business.
We all know that the Pope 'feels the Bern'
The latest from the Papal Statements Clarification Squad.
Papal Bull Pucky
“Pope channels Frankie Pentangeli” — “Uh, I lied.”
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/MovieSpeeches/moviespeechthegodfather2pentangelitestimony.html
The Godfather Pope: Look, the Mexican guys, they promised me a deal. So, so I made up a lot of stuff about Donald Trump ‘cause that’s what they wanted. But it was all lies. Uh, everything. And I kept saying Donald Trump did this and Donald Trump did that. So, I said yeah sure — why not?
The Pope is lying.
LOL!!
Pope Francis Pentageli.
As somebody said on another thread -- Ted Cruz must be saying, "What am I, chopped liver?"
Oh, my word. I had never heard that story, so I just googled it. I must say, I am astounded that he not only did it, but did nothing to redress it:
Pope Stole Cross Off of Priest's Corpse at Funeral: Pontiff Confesses
Any wall built on the southern border must be blind.
Any wall built on the southern border must be deaf.
Any wall built on the southern border must be dumb.
Any wall built on the southern border must have big dimensions.
Ha, I really almost did Post it............
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