At the end of his weekly Angelus address Sunday, Pope Francis praised Greece and other “front line” countries for their reception of migrants, while urging the rest of the European Union (EU) to be more “generous” in taking in refugees.
In an exclusive interview with Breitbart News, the renowned Peruvian economist Hernando de Soto said that both Pope Francis and Donald Trump suffer from an excessively Eurocentric worldview, leading them to see solutions to social ills in terms of walls
Pope Francis praised the free market and the role of businesses in the creation of wealth and in the promotion of the common good in an address before 7,000 businesspeople Saturday.
The eminent Peruvian economist Hernando de Soto has written an “open letter” to Pope Francis, suggesting that the pontiff tell Donald Trump that the world needs more walls, not fewer walls, if we are truly going to help the world’s poor.
The day after television viewers watched Bernie Sanders call Pope Francis a socialist, the pontiff announced that the prophet Isaiah was “no communist” just because he fought for social justice. Power, Francis said in his Wednesday audience, when it lacks
In an interview that aired Tuesday on Canadian Catholic television, Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders tried to steal a little luster from Pope Francis, saying he thinks the Pope is a socialist who believes, like him, that wealth is not
In an impassioned appeal Sunday, Pope Francis called for an “international consensus” for the abolition of capital punishment, arguing that the commandment “Thou shalt not kill” has absolute value and includes both the innocent and the guilty. After his weekly
Chicago Tribune editorial board member Clarence Page stated that Pope Francis’ statement about GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump is something “a liberal, progressive minister would say, in off-the-cuff conversation” on this weekend’s “McLaughlin Group.” Page said, “[T]he statement that Trump’s attitude
Conservative commentator Pat Buchanan stated that the statement about Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump by Pope Francis “was a terrible mistake” and that the Pope’s statements on politics have “an element of anti-Americanism in there … anti-capitalism” on Friday’s “McLaughlin Group.”
Friday on ABC’s “The View,” co-host Joy Behar said Pope Francis had to “speak out” about Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump wanting to a build wall instead of “bridges” because she said, “Not to go into Hitler at all, but during World
The only two polls which have been conducted, in any part, since the papal swipe at Trump that topped headlines yesterday (ARG and Emerson College), may support the idea, advanced by several pundits, that Pope Francis’s unprecedented criticism of Donald Trump may generate a backlash that helps the GOP front runner.
Pope Francis, a man who lives in a country surrounded on all sides by a gigantic wall, has objected to Donald Trump’s plans to build his own wall to stop illegal immigrants.
Pope Francis threw himself into the middle of an already overheated Republican presidential race when he questioned frontrunner Donald Trump’s Christian faith.
The Vatican spokesman, Father Federico Lombardi, has issued a clarification regarding the Pope’s remarks to journalists Thursday, when he said, in answer to a question about Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, that a person who only thinks of building walls and not about building bridges is no Christian.
The feud between Donald Trump and Pope Francis has many political and cultural dimensions. It’s the part where Pope Francis weighed in on Christian faith and immigration policy, which virtually every major media organization characterized as “Pope Francis says Donald Trump is not Christian,” or “Pope Francis says Trump’s plan for a border wall is not Christian.”
Less than 24 hours after Pope Francis blew up the hotly contested Republican Primary race, the Vatican attempted to clarify what was widely interpreted as a personal attack on Donald Trump’s faith. “This wasn’t, in any way, a personal attack
Thursday on his radio show, conservative talker Rush Limbaugh reacted to Pope Francis’ suggestion that GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump wasn’t a Christian. Limbaugh questioned the reasoning for the Pope’s statements and why he was inserting himself into the American
The New York Times editorial board is taking advantage of Pope Francis’ visit to the U.S.-Mexico border to slam U.S. conservatives and push for its (and the Mexican government’s) agenda for immigration reform.
In a one-on-one town hall interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper Thursday night, Donald Trump made it clear that he had no appetite for fighting with Pope Francis, who he called a “wonderful guy” after the pontiff said Thursday that a
In the aftermath of Pope Francis’ comments suggesting that a person who thinks only of building walls “is not a Christian,” celebrated evangelist Franklin Graham (pictured) has offered some Christian fraternal correction, reminding the pontiff of the importance of national
Thursday at CNN’s Republican presidential town hall, when asked about Pope Francis suggesting he was not a Christian, Donald Trump downplayed the incident and said he thought that perhaps the Pope was “misinterpreted.” Trump said, “I didn’t think it was a good thing
Gov. John Kasich said Thursday night that he is “pro-Pope,” when he was asked during a CNN Townhall in South Carolina about Pope Francis’ comments about Donald Trump.
Thursday at CNN’s Republican presidential town hall, when asked about Pope Francis saying Donald Trump was not a Christian, Gov. John Kasich (R-OH) said he was “pro-pope.” Kasich said, “Put me down in the pro-pope column. Really, I mean come on.” He
While Latin American-born Pope Francis arrived at the U.S.-Mexico border and lectured about immigration policy, unmentioned in the pontiff’s address or the media’s coverage of his address is the fact that the U.S. has accepted more immigrants from around the world than any other country, including vastly more than all of Latin America put together.
Papal biographer and well-known Catholic commentator George Weigel said two years ago that Cardinal Sean O’Malley and fellow bishops who celebrated Mass on the U.S.-Mexico border to urge immigration reform were “politicizing” the Mass.
Thursday on Newsmax TV’s “The Steve Malzberg Show,” Republican political consultant Mary Matalin reacted to Pope Francis’ remarks about GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump and explained while she understood what the Pope was saying, he just helped Trump by making him
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.
Thursday on CNN’s “The Lead,” Republican presidential candidate Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) responded to Pope Francis saying of Donald Trump, “a person who thinks only about building walls wherever they may be and not of building bridges is not Christian. This is
Thursday at a rally in Kiawah, SC, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump responded to Pope Francis questioning his faith by saying, “a person who thinks only about building walls wherever they may be is not a Christian.” Trump said, “If
Pope Francis attacked Republican front-runner Donald Trump Thursday as “not a Christian.” Aboard his plane, the pope was asked specifically about comments Trump made about the Pope’s visit to the Mexico border. The pope did not mince his words. A
Pope Francis I celebrated Mass on the Mexican side of the Texas-Mexican border, made the sign of the cross, and blessed the people gathered there in Ciudad Juarez. He then called for governments and others to have “open hearts” to the “tragedy that is forced migration.”
Comparing himself to a modern Jonah, who preached repentance and conversion to the wicked of Nineveh, Pope Francis denounced the injustice and violence that compels countless men, women and children to leave their homes in search of a better life.
Pope Francis I holds an open-air Mass in Ciudad Juarez near the border between the US and Mexico. Follow Breitbart.TV on Twitter @BreitbartVideo
Frank Gaffney, founder of the Center for Security Policy, appeared on Breitbart News Daily with host Stephen K. Bannon on Wednesday to discuss the need for tighter border security, and how it conflicts with Pope Francis’ support for mass migration from the Third World into Western countries.
A Vatican Radio message on the fourth day of Pope Francis’ trip to Mexico, acknowledges the “escalating number of ‘desparacidos’” in the country but does not mention their manner of death, and the network of ovens operated in the state of Coahuila.
The Vatican has responded to Donald Trump’s criticism of Pope Francis’s stance on immigration, denying that the Pope is a pawn of Mexico’s immigration policy and underscoring that Francis’ concern for migrants is global and not a matter of U.S.
Pope Francis will be in Morelia, the capital of the state of Michoacan today speaking to citizens and young people who have lived in a country hit hard by drugs, drug smuggling, and trafficking by violent drug cartels. He begins his fourth day of his Apostolic Journey to Mexico.
Pope Francis, while on an Obama-style apology tour, asked for forgiveness from the indigenous people of Mexico because of the way they have been “excluded from society.”
After calling the international migration crisis “the challenge of our age,” Pope Francis placed the responsibility to stem illegal immigration back on the shoulders of the Mexicans, telling them to make Mexico the sort of place where people want to
In his packed 5-day trip to Mexico, Pope Francis didn’t wait long to address one of the more controversial topics of his visit—immigration—calling it “the challenge of our age.” In an address to a group of Mexican bishops, Francis expressed
