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Home Front: Culture Wars
Pope praises illegal aliens while attacking The Donald.
2015-09-27
[Breitbart] Pope Francis made a thinly-veiled swipe at Donald Trump as the Pontiff defended Latino immigrants who came to America at 'great personal cost' during a moving speech to 40,000 followers in Philadelphia.

Francis called on migrants from Mexico and the rest of the world to "not feel discouraged by all the challenges and hardships" they face, saying they should never feel ashamed of their own traditions.

The Pope's words come in direct contrast to Trump's calls for a wall to be built along the Mexican border and for stricter controls on who can enter the U.S.

Speaking from the lectern used by President Abraham Lincoln when he delivered the Gettysburg Address, Francis directly addressed America's Hispanic population, saying: "Thank you for breaking the law opening the doors. Many of you have emigrated. I greet you with my heart.

"Many of you came to Rome and the Vatican this country at great personal cost, but in the hope of building a new life. Do not feel discouraged by all the challenges and hardships you might face. I ask you not to forget that, like those who came here before you, you bring many new democrats gifts to this new nation of yours.

"Please: do not feel ever ashamed of your traditions."
Posted by:Besoeker

#10  Triggers a song that I learned as a kid:

“The Pope”
The Pope he leads a jolly life,
He’s free from every care and strife;
He drinks the best of Rhenish wine,
I would the Pope’s gay life were mine.

He drinks the best of Rhenish wine,
I would the Pope’s gay life were mine.

But he don’t lead a jolly life,
He has no maid or blooming wife,
He has no son to raise his hope,
Oh! I would not be the Pope.

He has no son to raise his hope,
Oh! I would not be the Pope.

The Sultan better pleases me,
His life is full of jolity,
He’s wives as many as he will,
I fain the Sultan’s throne would fill.

He’s wives as many as he will,
I fain the Sultan’s throne would fill.

But still he is a wretched man,
He must obey the Al-Koran,
He dare not drink one drop of wine,
I would not change his lot for mine.

He dare not drink one drop of wine,
I would not change his lot for mine.

So when the maiden kisses me,
I’ll think that I the Sultan be,
And when my Rhenish wine I tope,
Oh then I’ll think that I’m the Pope.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2015-09-27 19:20  

#9  Pope Francis may be ever so 'umble but I don't think he's a particularly nice person.

The mask slipped when he cruelly and thuggishly mocked the victims of the Charlie Hebdo massacre.
Posted by: Elmerert Hupens2660   2015-09-27 16:31  

#8  Maybe the Pope doesn't know some of the 'migrants' are illegal. He'd never know by reading the main stream media.
Posted by: Bobby   2015-09-27 13:02  

#7  they should never feel ashamed of their own traditions

Unlike, say, christian bakers.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2015-09-27 12:57  

#6  
they should never feel ashamed of their own traditions


Like fascism and slavery and fraud.
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2015-09-27 12:34  

#5  It would be a good time to remind the pope that church and state are separate by law in the U. S. of A.
And for good damn reasons!
Posted by: 3dc   2015-09-27 12:11  

#4  Affirmative Action Pope.
Posted by: regular joe   2015-09-27 10:41  

#3  He shoulda taken the name Innocent III the Second.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain   2015-09-27 09:16  

#2  So, how many 'migrants' is Vatican City hosting?
Posted by: Procopius2k   2015-09-27 08:36  

#1  With this Pope, shouldn't it be in "seedy politicians"?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2015-09-27 06:27  

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