US: Trump is not a Christian - Pope Francis |SEE REASONS
Thompson Nsisongabasi
Oct 08, 2020
Pope Francis, on Wednesday, said that President Donald Trump of the United States of America "is not Christian."
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The Pope was reacting to Trump's campaign promises to deport more immigrants and force Mexico to pay for a wall along the border.
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Francis spoke when a reporter asked him [Pope] about the President on the papal airliner as he returned to Rome, Italy, after his six-day visit to Mexico.
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"A person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be, and not building bridges, is not Christian," he said.
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The pontiff stated this barely three hours after he had concluded his Mexico trip by presiding over a huge Mass in the border city of Ciudad Juárez.
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He added that he "was not going to get involved in that" when asked if he was planning on influencing Catholics in how they vote in the presidential election.
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"I say only that this man is not Christian if he has said things like that," Francis maintained.
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"We must see if he said things in that way and in this I give the benefit of the doubt."
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— Thompson Nsisongabasi