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Pope Says Children at U.S. Border Must Be 'Welcomed and Protected'
NBC News ^ | July 15, 2014

Posted on 07/15/2014 8:16:30 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

Pope Francis says migrants around the world are subjected to “racist and xenophobic attitudes” and he wants the tens of thousands of Central American children crossing the border into the United States to be “welcomed and protected.”

... He said that not only must the children be welcomed but the world must also promote development in their home countries.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: aliens; amnesty; border; illegalaliens; invasion
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To: Junk Silver

Good point.


41 posted on 07/15/2014 8:29:03 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: PGR88

That is my opinion exactly. The pope.wants to condemn us instead of the cesspools where they come from. He should be telling those governments and parents to protect and love their children instead of exposing them to death trains, human traffickers, rapists, killers an drugs. Is the pope on drugs? Aren’t these supposedly catholic countries? Jeez, get a brain cell.


42 posted on 07/15/2014 8:29:04 AM PDT by formosa
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

In that case, send ‘em all to the Vatican.


43 posted on 07/15/2014 8:29:29 AM PDT by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (I'm not anti-government, government's anti-me.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
THESE "Children"?

When is the media going to stop calling all who illegally cross our borders CHILDREN and include "Terrorists", "Criminals", and "Gang Members"?

WAITING.................


44 posted on 07/15/2014 8:29:49 AM PDT by COUNTrecount (There's no there there.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

IIRC, these source nations are predominantly Catholic … Instead of American Bishops exhorting their flocks to take care of these children [sic] after they’re here in the name of “charity”, perhaps the Pope should exert more leverage on the local hierarchy in these countries (or their leaders, since he’s a Head of State) to bring the focus where it belongs.


45 posted on 07/15/2014 8:30:01 AM PDT by mikrofon (Catholic BUMP)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Would he say that if they were coming from predominantly Protestant countries? I’m sure his unholiness isn’t upset that the U.S. has had millions of Catholics breaching the border for decades.


46 posted on 07/15/2014 8:30:15 AM PDT by .45 Long Colt
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The Pope is welcome to donate some of the churches wealth to help support these children.

But that isn’t going to happen, is it?


47 posted on 07/15/2014 8:30:23 AM PDT by servo1969
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Give them airfare to go live at the Vatican.


48 posted on 07/15/2014 8:31:05 AM PDT by Paladin2
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To: ZirconEncrustedTweezers

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49 posted on 07/15/2014 8:32:22 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: headstamp 2
I’m tired of busting my ass to pay for everybody else’s bleeding hearts.

The generosity of a liberal is only limited by the depth of someone else's wallet.

50 posted on 07/15/2014 8:32:23 AM PDT by MeganC (Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I look forward to the next group of MS13 “youths” being welcomed and housed in the Vatican, maybe a few Palestinian terrorists to spice things up, too.


51 posted on 07/15/2014 8:32:43 AM PDT by Truth29
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Delouse them. Treat their diseases. Clothe them, and feed them, and send them to the Vatican, so the Pope can welcome them. Take him up on his offer.


52 posted on 07/15/2014 8:32:57 AM PDT by pallis
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Do we starve or abuse the kids that are coming here? I Don't think so.
If we were treating them as the North Koreans would do, then Pope Francis (and Glenn Beck) would have a point, but that's not the case as far as I know.

53 posted on 07/15/2014 8:32:58 AM PDT by BitWielder1 (Corporate Profits are better than Government Waste)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Pope Says Children at U.S. Border Must Be 'Welcomed and Protected'...interesting - guess I'll send the thousand plus bucks I usually give to the House of Charity and local parish to buy meals and lawyers for those kids instead this year.....
54 posted on 07/15/2014 8:33:00 AM PDT by Intolerant in NJ
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Maybe he can dispatch the Vatican plane to deliver soccer balls and teddy bears. Hey Francis, learn a lesson from Glenn Beck. Perhaps your efforts are better spent smoking out your 2%.


55 posted on 07/15/2014 8:33:38 AM PDT by Wilderness Conservative
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Social Justice Pope.

The Catholic church gets millions of dollars for grants for "charity work".

The Gov't helps to prop the church up. They see their taxpayer funds potentially starting to slip away as the US will potentially get a GOP Senate.

56 posted on 07/15/2014 8:34:13 AM PDT by what's up
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To: TheThirdRuffian

I truly understand.

IF some government ordered that ALL Church properties be handed over to the government so that they could be used to house refugees, the Pope would be upset.

Yet this is EXACTLY what he is suggesting on the US Border.

This Pope is very generous with the properties and money of other people. He is, in many ways, a typical liberal.

I give the Pope credit for living a humble lifestyle but that does not excuse his promotion of Socialism.


57 posted on 07/15/2014 8:34:30 AM PDT by Kansas58
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To: Jeff Chandler
Bless his heart.

You have to be southern to understand the true meaning of that little phrase... :-)

58 posted on 07/15/2014 8:34:39 AM PDT by CA Conservative (Texan by birth, Californian by circumstance)
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To: CatherineofAragon

You beat me!


59 posted on 07/15/2014 8:34:56 AM PDT by lonestar (It takes a village of idiots to elect a village idiot.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

what has The Catholic Cgurch done to Promote Development in these third world hellholes??

CHILDREN? please... pope ...good buddy....MS13 is not a Sesame Street spin off....


60 posted on 07/15/2014 8:35:32 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill ...)
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