Pope Francis, in response to a question about the immigration policy espoused by Donald Trump.
In light of the Pope’s above comments, perhaps US immigration policy needs to be reformed. Maybe we should emulate the immigration policy of the Vatican State, which, presumably, must be Christian, even though it is a very strict immigration policy?
Go here to read the rest. Of course an immigration policy that is proper for a postage stamp principality may not be proper for a nation stretching across a continent. What this implies is that many factors go into determining the immigration policy of any country and that interview sound bites are a poor basis for determining whether an immigration policy is Christian.
Saint Pope Leo IV, pray for us:
Sometimes I wish the Holy Father would spend the rest of his pontificate on silent retreat.
Pope Francis – typical Latin American politician
The outer wall of Rome is the Aurelian Wall.
This is the wall that was breached by General Raffaele Cardona’s artillary at the Porta Pia on 20 September 1870 and the Bersaglieri entered through the breach.
It was a century later, on 20 September 1970, that Bl Paul Vi became the first pope to send a reresentative ( Cardinal Angelo Dell’Acqua, Vicar of Rome) to the annual celebration of the Unification of Italy, held there annually outside the Bersaglieri Regimental Museum that marks the breach.
Donald, while this indiscretion of the Pope seems to be another inappropriate remark, I am more concerned on what was reportedly said by him about contraception. Might you cover that? Thanks for the consideration.
Eventually I will, although I am waiting on events to see what happens first. Alarm bells are ringing, and I think some of them are ringing in the upper reaches of the Vatican.
The Roman Pontiff knows not of what he speaks. He’s too arrogant to understand that.