Pope criticizes building walls to keep migrants out
ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE, March 31 (Reuters) - Pope Francis said on Sunday that political leaders who want walls and other barriers to keep migrants out "will end up becoming prisoners of the walls they build".
The pope made his comments to reporters aboard the plane returning from Morocco in response to a question about migration in general and about U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to shut down the southern border with Mexico.
"Builders of walls, be they made of razor wire or bricks, will end up becoming prisoners of the walls they build," he said.
Francis, who did not mention Trump in his response, has sparred with the U.S. president before over migration, which was a theme of several questions on the plane as well as during the trip to Morocco.
Trump has declared a national emergency to justify redirecting money earmarked for the military to pay for his promised U.S.-Mexico border wall.
"I realize that with this problem (of migration), a government has a hot potato in its hands, but it must be resolved differently, humanely, not with razor wire," the Argentine-born pope said on the plane.
Pope criticizes building walls to keep migrants out
I was wondering if they have trouble with the Pope's plane or helicopter landing inside the walls of the Vatican.
Boy, I never thought that if Trump builds a wall, I would be a prisoner in this country! Good Grief, the sky is falling! And razor wire is fine. Just a friendly reminder that coming over that wall is illegal. So don't do it!
This is not the brightest Pope...
ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE, March 31 (Reuters) - Pope Francis said on Sunday that political leaders who want walls and other barriers to keep migrants out "will end up becoming prisoners of the walls they build".
The pope made his comments to reporters aboard the plane returning from Morocco in response to a question about migration in general and about U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to shut down the southern border with Mexico.
"Builders of walls, be they made of razor wire or bricks, will end up becoming prisoners of the walls they build," he said.
Francis, who did not mention Trump in his response, has sparred with the U.S. president before over migration, which was a theme of several questions on the plane as well as during the trip to Morocco.
Trump has declared a national emergency to justify redirecting money earmarked for the military to pay for his promised U.S.-Mexico border wall.
"I realize that with this problem (of migration), a government has a hot potato in its hands, but it must be resolved differently, humanely, not with razor wire," the Argentine-born pope said on the plane.
Pope criticizes building walls to keep migrants out
I was wondering if they have trouble with the Pope's plane or helicopter landing inside the walls of the Vatican.
Boy, I never thought that if Trump builds a wall, I would be a prisoner in this country! Good Grief, the sky is falling! And razor wire is fine. Just a friendly reminder that coming over that wall is illegal. So don't do it!
This is not the brightest Pope...
