Pope Francis continues to be the most liberal and highly divisive pontiff in the recent history of the Catholic Church by pushing a radical leftist view of the topic of illegal immigration. The pope has condemned President Donald Trump’s plans to boot those who have broken our nation’s laws and violated its sovereignty by coming here illegally, referring to it as a “disgrace.” Apparently, when God in the book of Romans, chapter 13, speaks through the Apostle Paul and informs all people to obey the government, which in this case would entail abiding by our immigration laws, it was just a polite suggestion, not a command.
According to a report from The Daily Wire, Pope Francis made an appearance on the talk show, “Che Tempo Che Fa.” During his interview on the program, the pope was asked about Trump signing an executive order after his inauguration that would expedite the deportation of those who have crossed the border illegally.
“If it is true, it will be a disgrace, because it makes the poor wretches who have nothing to pay the unpaid bill. It won’t do. This is not the way to solve things,” he replied. It would be nice if the pope would crack open the Bible every once in awhile and uphold what it actually teaches.
As far back as February 2016, when Trump was in the middle of his first presidential campaign, Pope Francis criticized Trump’s proposed border wall between the United States and Mexico, implying that Trump was not a Christian.
“A person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be, and not building bridges is not Christian,” he continued. “I’ll only say that this man is not Christian if he says this.”
In 2017, Reuters reported that Pope Francis “called for ‘alternative solutions to detention’ for illegal immigrants and said ‘collective and arbitrary expulsions of migrants and refugees are not suitable solutions.’” In December, the Vatican increased the monetary sanctions and prison sentences for anyone who violated the security regulations of Vatican City. “Anyone convicted of illegal entry will be banned from entering Vatican territory for a period of up to 15 years. If this sanction is breached, the offender may be punished with a prison sentence of one to five years,” Catholic World Report stated.
Incoming White House officials informed The Daily Wire that Trump intends to implement the largest mass deportation operation in American history and begin with illegal aliens with criminal records. “Recent polling has found that nearly 9 in 10 Americans support deporting illegal aliens with criminal records,” The Daily Wire reported.
This isn’t the only time that Pope Francis has gone against biblical prescriptions for criminal justice. He has also spoken out against the death penalty and has made changes to the Catechism of the Catholic Church in order to reflect this teaching, referring to capital punishment as “inadmissible.”
Yet in Genesis 9:6, God establishes, for all time, the death penalty for the horrific criminal act of murder. This is once again supported by Romans 13, which says that the government bears the sword of judgment for criminals and evil-doers. Pope Francis is going against the Bible. Period.