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Title: Mr. Pope, Tear Down This Wall
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Breitbart
URL Source: http://www.breitbart.com/big-govern ... 8/mr-pope-tear-down-this-wall/
Published: Feb 18, 2016
Author: Ben Shapiro
Post Date: 2016-02-18 19:30:54 by cranky
Keywords: None
Views: 1903
Comments: 12
On Wednesday, Pope Francis traveled to Ciudad Juarez in Mexico, where he stood across the border from the United States and paid homage to “migrants who have perished trying to reach the United States just a stone’s throw away,” according to Reuters. He then blessed crosses next to which “shoes of migrants who died” were laid, and added, “No more death! No more exploitation!” Not content to rabblerouse on behalf of an inundation of the world’s great economic superpower – a free and open superpower with an extraordinarily beneficent immigration policy – Pope Francis then attempted to shame Donald Trump and other Republicans who favor a border wall. He told reporters, “a person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be, and not building bridges, is not Christian. This is not in the Gospel. As far as what you said about whether I would advise to vote or not to vote, I am not going to get involved in that. I say only that this man is not Christian if he has said things like that. We must see if he said things in that way and in this I give the benefit of the doubt.” To which Trump responded, “If and when the Vatican is attacked by ISIS, which as everyone knows is ISIS’s ultimate trophy, I can promise you that the Pope would have only wished and prayed that Donald Trump would have been President because this would not have happened.” The Pope obviously has his priorities well in order: he says he can’t judge homosexuals who consider themselves Catholic, but he’s happy to judge anyone in favor of border control. He’ll rip capitalism – the very economic system acting as a magnet from the Marxist countries of Latin America – and jabber about global warming, but say little to nothing about the Christians and Jews being slaughtered in the Middle East by Muslims. That’s because the Pope is a devotee of a less radical version of liberation theology, a philosophy that mashes up Marxism with Catholicism and was ripped by Pope John Paul II (“does not tally with the church’s catechism”) and Pope Benedict XVI (“singular heresy”). Pope Francis has introduced liberation theologists back into the Vatican. As The Guardian (UK) reported last year: J Matthew Ashley, chair of the theology department at the University of Notre Dame, where Gutiérrez is also professor, says the pope has been greatly influenced by the Argentinian variety of liberation theology, which is called the theology of the people… “There are many points of similarity between Gutiérrez’s theology and Pope Francis’s thought, addresses and actions. Both have emphasised that opting for the poor requires getting to know the poor, becoming friends with the poor… both have a great respect for the spirituality of the poor, particularly in everyday life,” Ashley says. But it seems that the Pope’s distaste for borders runs only one way: away from the Vatican. The Vatican, like many ancient cities, is surrounded by massive walls. Those walls were built over a thousand years ago. Its immigration policy is incredibly strict: while 800 people live within Vatican City, just 450 or so are citizens. The security at Vatican City is second-to-none: the Gendarmerie Corps of Vatican City State has 130 members, armed with guns. Virtually the only crime in Vatican City is pickpocketing in St. Peter’s Square. St. Peter’s Square is typically policed not by the Swiss Guard but by Italian police. Meanwhile, according to CNN, the Vatican Bank holds $8 billion in assets; the Vatican has over $1.2 billion in assets off the books; it holds countless priceless assets, of course. How about spreading the wealth around? Why not build bridges? Why not welcome thousands of Syrian Muslim refugees or Latin Americans seeking to enter the United States illegally into Vatican City? Thus far, the Pope’s big move in favor of open immigration has been to accept two families into Vatican parishes. That, by the Pope’s own lights, is insufficient. It’s time for the wall to come down, Pope Francis. Gorbachev didn’t build the Berlin Wall, but he tore it down when the time came. Pope Francis can be just as historic. He can offer free, unchecked and permanent entrance not merely into St. Peter’s Square but into the Vatican itself; he can redistribute the wealth of Vatican City to help migrant families. After all, a person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be – even the Vatican — is not Christian, we’ve recently heard. Such exclusivity isn’t in the Gospel. How about it, Pope Francis? Why not open this gate? Why not tear down this wall? Unless, perhaps, there’s often an excellent reason for gates and walls. 
Mr. Pope, tear down this wall.
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#1. To: cranky, redleghunter (#0)
"Come, let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem so that we will no longer be a reproach." Nehemiah 2:17.
"If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then you are doomed to live under the rule of fools." Plato
Is this the same Pope that said "Who am I to judge?" I wonder if this Pope will publically say that anyone that still supports partial birth abortion is not a Christian? I wonder if he still thinks Pelosi is a Christian and Catholic in good standing and deserving an audience with him.
потому что Бог хочет это тот путь
Hey, the Vatican still needs the walls if only to protect its pedophile priests. потому что Бог хочет это тот путь
That wall doesn't only exist in Rome it exists around every Catholic Church. Catholics are in disbelief, they disbelieve that their priesthood could be evil and protect evildoers, they even have a hard time publicly declaring that peadophilia is evil and to be exposed. The Wall between the US and Mexico should exist at least as long as it takes for Mexico to get its population under control. A country is entitled to administer a migration program and decide who crosses its borders. Does the Pope allow anyone to rock up to the Vatican and stealthly creep in under cover of night? I think a few thousand, no a million migrants in Italy, , should make their way there, the Catholics have enough wealth to look after them
To revisit a question you asked a while back: Is the Pope Catholic? For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die. But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. (Romans 5:6-8)
Good reference. They had to rebuild the wall to keep the Samaritans from looting them. For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die. But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. (Romans 5:6-8)
We should all take an Italian vacation sneak into Vatican city and demand housing.
For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die. But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. (Romans 5:6-8)
Is the Pope Catholic? Who am I to judge? потому что Бог хочет это тот путь
To answer that question you would first have to define what a catholic is
Nice.
Rumor has it that Pope Francis is having the Catholic Love Boat turned into a floating outdoor camp for the world's youth, including instructional hands-on classes on relieving spot muscle aches.
потому что Бог хочет это тот путь
#2. To: tomder55, cranky, redleghunter, All (#1)
#3. To: tomder55, cranky, redleghunter, All (#0)
The Vatican, like many ancient cities, is surrounded by massive walls. Those walls were built over a thousand years ago.
#4. To: SOSO (#3)
(Edited)
Hey, the Vatican still needs the walls if only to protect its pedophile priests.
#5. To: SOSO (#2)
Is this the same Pope that said "Who am I to judge?" I wonder if this Pope will publically say that anyone that still supports partial birth abortion is not a Christian? I wonder if he still thinks Pelosi is a Christian and Catholic in good standing and deserving an audience with him.
#6. To: tomder55 (#1)
"Come, let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem so that we will no longer be a reproach." Nehemiah 2:17.
#7. To: paraclete (#4)
#8. To: redleghunter (#5)
To revisit a question you asked a while back:
#9. To: redleghunter (#5)
Is the Pope Catholic?
#10. To: tomder55 (#1)
"Come, let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem so that we will no longer be a reproach." Nehemiah 2:17.
#11. To: SOSO (#3)
#12. To: TooConservative (#11)
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