"Gosh, That Was A Short Trip.
Oh, and Death to America!"
Posted on 02/18/2016 4:08:04 PM PST by Shadow44
ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE FROM MEXICO Pope Francis has questioned U.S. Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump's Christianity, saying that his plan to build a wall across the entire Mexican border has no basis in the Gospel.
In a press conference aboard the papal flight to Rome following his six-day trip to Mexico, the pontiff was asked to respond to Trump's allegation last week that his decision to celebrate Mass in Ciudad Juarez near the border made him a political pawn of the Mexican state.
"Thank God that he said I am political because Aristotle defines the human person as animal politicus (political animal)," the pope quipped. "At least I am human!"
"Am I a pawn?" Francis asked. "Maybe. I don't know. I'll leave the judgment to you, to the people."
"A person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be, and not building bridges is not Christian," said the pontiff. "This is not in the Gospel."
Francis was asked in the press conference for his reaction to Trump's proposal of a border wall, and what he might say to U.S. Catholics supporting Trump. The pope said he was "not going to get involved" in giving advice about voting.
"I'll only say that this man is not Christian if he says this," said the pontiff. "We have to see if he said these things. And ... I give the benefit of the doubt."
Francis was speaking Wednesday in an hour-long press conference aboard the papal plane travelling home from Mexico, where he visited six cities in six days. The pope spoke as the plane flew over Texas and other parts of the southern U.S.
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The pope does realize this wall is to keep people out not keep people in right?
Pope is focused of this world. He doesn’t seem to understand what to render to Caesar.
This PC pope needs to find another job.
Just checked my Bible..... Nehimiah is still in it!
Someone notify the Pope
Hypocrisy.
If the pope did say that, they they should take down the walls surrounding the Vatican.
Then it backfired on them.
Again.
How old is Pope Francis?
"Gosh, That Was A Short Trip.
Oh, and Death to America!"
Who staged what? This turkey coming in the name of Christ expects US to tear down our God given border. Look at the walls this guy lives behind. Let him for once lead by example...tear down his own wall...
More wit and wisdom from the bouncer of Buenos Aires.
The reporter said Trump wanted to rip families apart via deportation, and asked him the loaded question.
The Pope replies but says “if what you said is true”. Trump never made such a statement, and now we have people Catholic bashing which is what the media wanted to begin with.
Stop doing the left’s work for them people.
The pope’s position is not from the Gospels but it doesn’t seem to phase him...
Maybe the Pope would rather read Wikipedia than the Bible: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nehemiah
Isn’t the Vatican surrounded with a wall? Pot? Kettle?
I was baptised Catholic, and have phoned the liberal Catholic diocease’s about Pope Franks comments, and tell them how they gave Trump a 5 point bump, and how stupid they are.
The gospel never told us how to construct Caesar’s government. That is found in older biblical principles.
Somebody better tell Nehemiah!
(Yes, I realize he was pre-Christian, but he was a servant of God in good standing doing what God wanted done)
For Trump there doesn’t seem to be such a thing as bad news.
Trump and the Pope might be about as Christian as one another... pretty much culturally, any actual faith commitment taking the back seat.
But, it looks a lot uglier in a church than it does in Caesar.
If the would build the Vatican wall around the U.S. our immigration problem would be solved
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