Posted on 11/14/2006 7:07:15 PM PST by Robert Drobot
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - A senior Vatican cardinal on Tuesday condemned the building of walls between countries to keep out immigrants and said Washington's plan to build a fence on the U.S.-Mexican border was part of an "inhuman program".
Cardinal Renato Martino made his comments at a news conference presenting Pope Benedict's message for the Roman Catholic Church's World Day of Migrants and Refugees, in which the Pope called for more laws to help immigrants integrate.
"Speaking of borders, I must unfortunately say that in a world that greeted the fall of the Berlin Wall with joy, new walls are being built between neighborhood and neighborhood, city and city, nation and nation," said Martino, head of the Vatican's Council for Justice and Peace.
President Bush signed legislation last month approving the construction of a 700-mile (1,100-km) fence -- a move that angered Mexico's government.
Bush defends the fence as necessary to tighten control of the border to keep criminals and terrorists out.
Thousands of poor Mexicans risk their lives each year sneaking across the 2,000-mile (3,200-km) border to seek jobs.
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The Vatican has helped repress the poor Mexicans for 300 years. They suck huge amounts of money from collection plates and provide nothing in return. They want the Illegals in this country where thay can make MORE $$ and provide billions more into the coffers of the greedy Papacy.
I am not anti Catholic but I hate the greedy Vatican!
BIOYA Pope $$
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