Posted on 02/18/2016 5:28:13 AM PST by RoosterRedux
Pope Francis and the Vatican took on Donald Trump and the GOP leading candidate's thoughts on whether or not Pope Francis should be visiting Mexico. A Vatican spokesman dubbed Trump's condemnation of over-the border outings made by the Bishop of Rome as "very strange," and suggested Mr. Trump could use a helping of "global perspective."
Writes the New York Times on Feb. 17: "Pope Francis' trip to Mexico ended on Wednesday in Ciudad Juarez, a city once made hellish by drug violence and still gripped by poverty and crime. He did not seem afraid, and brought with him only smiles and hugs, and words of solace and encouragement."
It appears the Sovereign of the Vatican City was able to dismiss Donald Trump's words, which were wholly opposite of the Pope's message to the pilgrims gathered in the border city across from the Rio Grande and Texas. Francis was in Mexico from Feb. 12 to the 17, visiting prisons, hospitals and praying at the U.S. and Mexican border for migrant workers who have endured "human tragedy" - being forced to risk death while "each step is a journey laden with grave injustices: the enslaved, the imprisoned and extorted."
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Shouldn’t he be shoving Social Justice down the Catholic throats?
Pray America wakes
Stuff it, Pope.
Bullseye!
The Pope probably just misses that weepy puppet John Boehner.
I’d prefer to just keep the illegals out. Build the wall and invite the pope to the ribbon cutting. :>)
How about worrying about pedophile priests there Popey.
Trump is right, and pope is WRONG!!!!
We have no moral duty to endure a THIRD WORLD INVASION across our borders, or via the airlines!!!!
Mexico needs to improve instead. It is a resource-rich country, but weakened by corruption and crime!!!!
And islam uses “immigration” as a tool of jihad. (Remember the “hegira”?) NO muslim “immigrant” jihadis in America!!!!
And we have no need to listen to or act on “climate-change” BUNK, from the pope or from anyone else!!!!
Vote for Trump!!!! Build the wall!!!!
LOL
When you worship the same BEAST that usually equates to being on the same “team”.
The Pope & Obama do not worship Yeshua.
And does the gran Pope have anything to say about his homeland Argentina which harbored NAZIs & Facists by the thousands an, arrsted many of its own citizns for politcal reason and then murdered them in prison. As for Mexico, the migrant problem & drug problem come right from the Mexican government!!! No freedom, no jobs, run by tyrants and low life drug dealers!!!
Build the fence, Donald Trump, and make the Mexican Government pay for it!!! They have dumping their people & killer drugs on the USA for many years!!! Pope Francis, go back to rome and stay there!!! This message comes fron a devout Roman Catholic!!!
This pope is an apostate and a heretic who deserves no respect or consideration on any of his pronouncements. He only sows confusion and scandal whenever he speaks. He is to be shunned. And I say that as a practicing Catholic.
LS to Donald Trump: Keep it up. The Vatican clearly needs to understand a few things about the free market.
The Pope's visit to Mexico was inspiring, heartwarming, and positive on all fronts.
Why he would single out a private citizen for anything only gives free publicity to the Donald? It is strange to me that he would not talk about the current President and his Culture of Death.
screw the globalist Marxist pope.
Trump speaks responsibly from the world view, Pope Francis speaks responsibly from the Christian leader view. They do not always match, but both are good.
Is the Pope Catholic?
He should talk about the racsim and ethnic cleansing by Mexico's Spanish-descended elites who are getting rid of the lower-caste Mexican Indians by enabling or encouraginf them to migrate across the border.
Well, he is the closest thing we have to one at the moment.
I have to give Trump his due — he makes all the right enemies. If he can get the Red Pope to snap at him, he’s doing something right.
I'm Catholic, and will award Trump at least 5 points.
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