Posted on 08/21/2017 7:32:39 PM PDT by marshmallow
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis urged political leaders on Monday to defend migrants, saying their safety should take precedence over national security concerns and that they should not be subjected to collective deportations.
His challenge to politicians, made in a comprehensive position paper on migrants and refugees, again appeared to put him at odds with the restrictive policies of a number of governments dealing with growing popular anti-immigrant sentiment.
"Solidarity must be concretely expressed at every stage of the migratory experience – from departure through journey to arrival and return," he said in a message ahead of the Roman Catholic Church's World Day of Migrants and Refugees.
Calling for "broader options for migrants and refugees to enter destination countries safely and legally," he said the human rights and dignity of all migrants had to be respected regardless of their legal status.
"The principle of the centrality of the human person ... obliges us to always prioritize personal safety over national security," he said.
This appeared to be a reference to fears voiced in many European countries that refugees inflows could lead to security problems in their host countries. He said it was necessary "to ensure that agents in charge of border control are properly trained."
He called for "alternative solutions to detention" for illegal immigrants and said "collective and arbitrary expulsions of migrants and refugees are not suitable solutions".
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Could the NYTimes be colluding with Francis?
I think this man is working to foment chaos and then the NWO. I also think he’s not very intelligent. Where is he condemning terror? Where is his concern for the Christians?
My unit in Italy sponsored a “Catholic” orphanage - the Church supplied and old priest and two nuns but wouldn’t put a penny into it - either the folks paid for it or the hell with the kids. We donated a lot of our own money to seal the roof, put windows in gaping holes, fix the plumbing, etc., and the priest had the gall to ask us to do a special job on the small chapel because it was so very important....
This is such a stupid thing to say. If I didn't know better, I'd think he was .... stupid.
But he's not....
I wonder too if the fake pope knows that wall was put up because Muslims sacked the city.
What a pathetic, fake hypocritical pope.
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