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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/s...=2017-08-21-06-26-22 Pope Francis on Monday urged countries to greatly improve their welcome to migrants and stop collective expulsions, saying migrants' dignity and right to protection trumps national security concerns. Francis' politically pointed message was made in view of the Catholic Church's 2018 world refugee day, celebrated Jan. 14. It comes amid mounting anti-immigrant sentiment in Europe and beyond following waves of migrant arrivals and Islamic extremist attacks. In the message, Francis demanded governments welcome, protect, promote and integrate migrants, saying Jesus' message of love is rooted in welcoming the "rejected strangers of every age." He demanded a simplified process of granting humanitarian and temporary visas and rejected arbitrary and collective expulsions as "unsuitable." He said the principle of ensuring each person's dignity "obliges us to always prioritize personal safety over national security." Francis has made refugees a priority of his pontificate, making his first trip outside Rome in 2013 to the island of Lampedusa, ground zero in Europe's migration crisis. He has repeatedly spoken out for migrants' rights, demanded countries build "bridges not walls," and personally brought a dozen Syrian refugees back to Rome with him when he visited a Greek refugee camp in 2016. Ignoring critics who say his calls are unrealistic and naive, Francis insisted in the new message that border guards must be trained to protect migrants and that each new arrival, regardless of legal status, must be guaranteed access to basic services beyond health care. That extends to guaranteeing access to consulates, the justice system and the ability to open a bank account and survive financially, he said. Unaccompanied minors, he said, require even greater protection, including guaranteeing them citizenship and access to schooling, as well as foster programs rather than detention centers. He called for policies that support family reunification, employment opportunities and accelerated citizenship procedures to improve migrants' abilities to integrate. His call was immediately rejected by the leader of Italy's anti-immigrant Northern League party, which has opposed government proposals to change Italy's law to accelerate citizenship for children born in Italy to non-Italians. "If you want to do it in the Vatican, go ahead," Matteo Salvini wrote on Facebook. "But as a Catholic, I don't think Italy can welcome and support the whole world." When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own house, his possessions are undisturbed. Luke 11:21 "Every nation in every region now has a decision to make. Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists." -- George W. Bush | ||
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delicately calloused |
Sorry. Pope is a knucklehead. You’re a lying dog-faced pony soldier | |||
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Festina Lente |
How many "migrants" are they hosting in Vatican City? None? Lighten up Francis... NRA Life Member - "Fear God and Dreadnaught" | |||
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Doubtful... |
Sorry commie, you are not my boss! Best regards, Tom I have no comment at this time. | |||
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| Peace through superior firepower  |
Take down the walls of the Vatican and have some smelly Syrian "immigrants" move in with you, Pope. Then you can run your suck about this, Mister Sackcloth and Assholes. ____________________________________________________ "I am your retribution." - Donald Trump, speech at CPAC, March 4, 2023 | |||
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yeah, life long Catholic here, who quit listening to this commie within the first month he got in. They kinda forced the last one out. NRA Life Endowment member Tri-State Gun collectors Life Member | |||
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| Leave the gun. Take the cannoli. |
Did anyone expect something different from a South American Marxist? Is anyone surprised? | |||
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Nullus Anxietas |
Dear Pope, Bugger off. Kind Regards, Me "America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system,,,, but too early to shoot the bastards." -- Claire Wolfe "If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living." -- Seneca the Younger, Roman Stoic philosopher | |||
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Political Cynic |
hey Pope fuck you with a stick If we wanted your opinion on national security, we'd ask for it until then, just go wave your wand around or whatever the hell it is you do but stay out of politics [B] Against ALL enemies, foreign and DOMESTIC | |||
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| When you fall, I will be there to catch you -With love, the floor |
Rarely listen to anything they say. While not anti religion, I don't follow their teachings and couldn't tell you the difference between them if my life depended on it. If the Pope wants to be a politician, then all the tax advantages should be removed and they should be treated like a political party. | |||
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Member |
What a clueless asshole. Nothing a little holy water, communion crackers and angel dust can't fix. | |||
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| Political Cynic |
we should just go ahead and revoke the tax status anyway until this guy kicks off - lets see how he likes being pope then send the asshole a bill for 35% of the value of the US church, due immediately. [B] Against ALL enemies, foreign and DOMESTIC | |||
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| Peace through superior firepower |
Seriously, the guy is saying this stuff to us from inside the very tall, stout walls of his very own city, and with his own personal police force. When they make the Vatican- every last inch of it- available to "immigrants- when the Pope shares his room, his bath, his table with these dregs, then and only then does he have the right to open his mouth to lecture others about how they should behave in the face of this onslaught. And since that's never going to happen, he just needs to be quiet and stick to mass and molesting little boys. ____________________________________________________ "I am your retribution." - Donald Trump, speech at CPAC, March 4, 2023 | |||
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| The Main Thing Is Not To Get Excited  |
Tell me again how many artillery regiments Frank the Pope has. _______________________ | |||
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Shall Not Be Infringed |
I'm in the same boat, sort of. I was done with the Catholic Church after the death of John Paul II....The Vatican should stay out of politics, and stick to religion! ____________________________________________________________ If Some is Good, and More is Better.....then Too Much, is Just Enough !! Trump 2024....Make America Great Again! "May Almighty God bless the United States of America" - parabellum 7/26/20 Live Free or Die! | |||
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In Italy, Vatican and politics are one in the same. Ol'Pope would change his tune if all the migrants decided to stop and set-up in Italy, instead they're continuing-on into Germany/France/Scandinavia thus, he can lean back and tut-tut everyone by saying they need to do 'what's right'. | |||
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| Lawyers, Guns and Money  |
Nope... and we all knew it within the first month following the papal enclave. Marxist first, pope second. It's shameful.
I've got news for you, Francis: His teachings were meant for individuals. Jesus did not make demands of governments. I remember when we had a real Pope!  "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." -- Justice Janice Rogers Brown "The United States government is the largest criminal enterprise on earth." -rduckwor | |||
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Where do we send them Pope-man We need your address... _________________________ | |||
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How 'bout we require every migrant to be subject to a search and meet dress code requirements prior to entry as is done at the front of the queue prior to entering St. Peter's basilica. Once inside improper conduct will get a person tossed. It's unfortunate that, in this case, the papacy is simply validating the old saying, "do as I say, not as I do." Silent | |||
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He is a globalist and wants to see individual nations collapse.He wants to usher in the new age. _________________________ "Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it." Mark Twain | |||
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