Just remember what the Pope said and be nice and tolerant!
Pope Francis: South American Migrants Are the ‘Suffering Flesh of Christ
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I did a calculation a while back. Based on its size, Vatican City can easily accept at least 2000 immigrants. And there is room in the Vatican Gardens for buildings to house them all.
Yet the Pope has accepted no immigrants. And he has built no immigrant housing. What does that tell you?
One of the most formidable walls in the world for hundreds of years has been the wall around the Vatican.
Make the Vatican a quiet, relaxed place where one can make armchair assessments of the rest of the world.
2 miles long. Most of the wall is 10 feet thick. Areas without the wall today use metal detectors.
History:
The first major fortification of Vatican City was completed in 852. Following an attack by Saracen raiders in 846, Pope Leo IV ordered the construction of the 39-foot-tall Leonine Wall that stretched for a little under two miles as it encircled Vatican Hill. It was the first time the area had been completely enclosed. Once the Muslim threat had passed, many of the city gates were opened.
Paul III and Pius IV later expanded and modified the fortifications in the 16th century, partly as a statement of political power but also to protect against political violence in Rome. Further modifications were made up until the end of the reign of Pope Urban VIII in the 1640s.