Posted on 04/30/2019 2:22:44 PM PDT by shove_it
Vatican City, Apr 29 (ANI) – Pope Francis recently donated USD 500,000 to help migrants in Mexico who are attempting to enter the United States, reinforcing the pontiff’s stance of welcoming migrants rather than stigmatizing them.
The funds will reportedly be distributed among 27 projects, undertaken by 16 Mexican dioceses and religious congregations, that made the call for assistance to provide food, lodging, and other necessities to the migrants, reports Sputnik.
“In recent months, thousands of migrants have arrived in Mexico, having travelled more than 4,000 kilometers on foot and with makeshift vehicles from Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala. Men and women, often with young children, flee poverty and violence, hoping for a better future in the United States. However, the U.S. border remains closed to them”, said a press release from Peter’s Pence, the organization which has been tasked with handling the funds, outlined.
The organization added that the migrants “were stranded, unable to enter the United States, without a home or livelihood,” and that is why the Catholic Church hosted “thousands of them in hotels within the dioceses or religious congregations, providing basic necessities,” including lodging and clothing.
The Pope had earlier outlined that the migrants bring with them the wealth of a multicultural and multi-ethnic world, urging nations to not be “afraid” of them...
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That’s right - they have more than they know what to do with over there in Rome. I’m keeping mine here.
That’s right - they have more than they know what to do with over there in Rome. I’m keeping mine here.
Just wondering...is there a reason why His Holiness wasn’t willing to donate these funds to the “migrants” when they were still living in their native countries? I mean...they probably needed the help then, too.
“$6.66 per “migrant”
more than enough for a couple tacos and some tortilla chips
Why not to pay for airfare to the Vatican?
This sounds like an international crime.
Lock him up!
I’m not going to question the religious convictions of any Catholic on FR.
I will however question how any of you can continue to contribute money to the Catholic Church after this. Why not also send a donation to the UN and CAIR while you’re at it?
I think Catholics should be really mad about this..There are so many people who could have used that money..
Why not invite them to live within the tall, safe walls of the Vatican?
HA HA HA
Do the math, that is $6.66 per "migrant"
. Pope Francis is doing evil towards the U.S.A.
Illegals are flooding into Tucson. Churchs reaping the harvest in govt. monies.
Why doesn’t he send the money to the countries they’re coming from so they won’t need to leave? Because he wants to destroy our capitalist society.
Are you kidding you can’t be serious. money is fungible it goes everywhere like water does. you’re supporting illegal immigration.
Continue to stick your head in the sand...local doesn’t exist in a mega corporation.
The pope and soros are funding caravans. Who would’ve guessed?
This guy is an enemy of the U.S. He should be declared persona non grata.
Need to take a couple thousand, with as many MS-13 members as possible, and those with TB, and put ‘em on a plane bound for the Vatican!
Does he not know the old saying? Give a man a fish, feed him for day, teach him to fish and he can feed himself.
HE’S WAY OUT OF LINE!
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