Pope Says Trump 'Is Not Christian'

[CountAllVotes]

Donald Trump has feuded with other candidates, reporters and TV networks during his run for president.

Now, the front-runner for the Republican nomination is feuding with Pope Francis.

On Thursday, the pontiff criticized Trump for the proposal at the heart of his campaign: a pledge to keep people from crossing into the United States illegally by building a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border.

"I'd just say that this man is not Christian if he said it in this way," Francis told reporters in a midflight press conference after a trip to Mexico.

"A person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be, and not building bridges, is not Christian," Francis said, according to The Associated Press' translation of the press conference.

Trump wasted no time firing back. "If and when the Vatican is attacked by ISIS, which as everyone knows is ISIS's ultimate trophy, I can promise you that the Pope would have only wished and prayed that Donald Trump would have been President because this would not have happened," Trump said in a statement released by his campaign.

"For a religious leader to question a person's faith is disgraceful."

https://www.npr.org/2016/02/18/467229313/pope-says-trump-is-not-christian

Disgraceful?

This is what ye ol' pussygrabber has to say?

Wow what a punch in the gut to those evangelicals! Ha!!

[JDC]

1. Time for trump to attack Pope Frank and Catholics.

He's a puncher after all ...

[trueblue2007]

15. has the pope said this recently? this story is from February 18, 2016

Last edited Tue Mar 10, 2020, 11:11 PM - Edit history (1)

[JDC]

16. I hate when that happens....I completely missed the date

Thx for pointing it out to me.

[Maraya1969]

17. It's OK. I had never heard of it. And I welcome all anti-Trump information and I love

to spread it around.

[CountAllVotes]

24. NPR is a highly regarded source!

Credibility is very important when it comes to elections, like the one tonight as we know!

[Doreen]

29. I am sure the pope feels the same now.

[CatMor]

2. Only trump would feud with the Pope .....

he just can't keep his mouth shut.

[Glorfindel]

3. "Those evangelicals" are mostly rabidly anti-Catholic

and believe the Pope is the anti-Christ personified. The only thing these two wings of "Christianity" have in common is their insane opposition to a woman's right to control her own body.

[CountAllVotes]

11. I have respect for pope Francis

I do not agree with all of his views but I see he hasn't offered to forgive his sins nor hear his confession for it would be a waste of time and effort.

What the pope needs is a qualified exorcist to to an exorcism on this evil piece of trash from HELL!

[MyOwnPeace]

4. Say what?

"For a religious leader to question a person's faith is disgraceful."

Isn't this the same guy that doubted that Speaker Pelosi would be praying for him?

Maybe somebody should say, "For a world leader to question a person's faith is disgraceful."

Anybody wanna' wait for the first religious leader or Republican to issue such a statement?

[Permanut]

25. I think that issue is addressed in Two Corinthians. n/t

[MyOwnPeace]

33. Don't you mean

"addressed BY the Two Corinthians?"

[Permanut]

34. I stand corrected..

Or maybe it was in Adverbs, Artesians or Galoshes. One of the epistles of the Apostles.

[MyOwnPeace]

36. Oh, yeah!

[dhill926]

5. so....ISIS's main goal...

is to take the Vatican? Who knew?

[Eugene]

6. Questioning one's faith is disgraceful. That's rich coming from somebody who questioned the faith

of Nancy Pelosi and Mitt Romney for living by their Christian principles.

[winstars]

7. Pope is correct! BTW, this is from 2016...

[Vogon_Glory]

8. I'm sure that Donnie's tweet will play well with irreligious reactionaries

and certain Evangelicals. Those church-going politically-conservative Catholics that voted for him in 2016, not so much.

[Shaddox]

9. As an atheist I'm laughing and hoping for a Trump tweet.

Because that would be fucking awesome.

[stopbush]

10. Article is four years old.

[CountAllVotes]

12. So what

This is General Discussion not Late Breaking News.

Nothing new about this I agree!

[stopbush]

13. For one thing, the pope met with tRump after he said that.

No guts, no glory.

[CountAllVotes]

23. Did he confess his sins?

If not, I REALLY DON'T CARE DO U?

[LanternWaste]

41. So... after something, therefore because of something?

[Marcuse]

14. "For a religious leader to question a person's faith is disgraceful."

Questioning a person’s faith is part of the job. Previous Popes were even more inquisitive.

[ooky]

18. The Pope didn't "question Trump's faith". He made

a simple observation. Anyone can easily make the same observation.

[scarletwoman]

19. Why post something from February 2016? Trump wasn't even president then.

In any case, trump visited the Vatican and met with the Pope in May 2017.

Furthermore, evangelicals wouldn't give a rip about whatever the Pope says, since most of them don't even consider Catholics to be Christian.

[DVRacer]

20. As a reformed Catholic

Not defending the dumbass in chief

I’d ask ol pedophile protector what are those tall structures surrounding Vatican City?

[misanthrope]

21. My in-laws are extra super Roman Catholic

Very proud of all the nuns and priests in their proliferate and locally prominent clan. When they needed annulments, it was done swiftly and quietly, because they have such pull with the archdiocese.

I've been amazed watching the depth of their belief and the customs in which they engage. Raised as a Baptist and now an agnostic, I observe it with fascination.

They are also upper middle class, white Southerners who fulfill the stereotypes that accompany such. They worship the Pope above all others with Trump not far behind. I watch the contortions as they try to rationalize these statements because I fully expect a number of them to take sides against the Pope more openly as time passes.

[AJT]

22. Exactly how would a wall on the Mexican border save the Vatican from ISIS?

Or is he threatening to pay for an ISIS attack on the Vatican?

[jberryhill]

26. Evangelicals don't care what the pope says, and this article is from 2016

[Laffy Kat]

27. And 45 is trying to woo Catholics now.

Nice going.

[flibbitygiblets]

28. Fake newz

no way in HELL did Trump himself write that

[RockRaven]

30. Dolt45 is such a dumbass. ISIS doesn't care about the Vatican any more than he does.

Dump and ISIS leadership probably both have a vague notion that the Vatican, and Rome, is a tremendous bigly deal, but neither Dump nor a random ISIS-guy could find it on an unmarked map without help. "Ultimate trophy?" Oh, please...

[Captain Zero]

31. the pope should have said he just had a HUNCH that Trump was not a Christian.

nt

[duforsure]

32. The pope is clearly right

As trump shows everyone how he does by lying claiming he's religious when even people at his church say he isn't too. Just like he claims he's so smart , but hides all his school records but his teachers says he was a dumb ass, and his health claim is the same. He gets a Dr. to say he's so healthy when everyone knows he isn't and just another lie from trump. You can't be a christian doing the things he's done , and is doing.

[Dread Pirate Roberts]

35. It doens't count! To Evangelicals the Pope is Satan!

Plus I never knew that the Jesuits killed Kennedy. The stuff you can learn from comic books!



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[WhiskeyGrinder]

37. "Wow what a punch in the gut to those evangelicals!" Evangelicals do not follow the pope.

[CountAllVotes]

38. Maybe they aren't his followers

But they know what he is saying, it *trickles* down to them one way or the other, that you can believe in!

[WhiskeyGrinder]

40. No, they actively reject anything he says.

[CountAllVotes]

42. They are right to lifers

They hear it and believe it whether they are Catholic or not!

[malaise]

39. That sure should help his Catholic rally in Milwaukee next week