Pope Francis Speaks on Immigrant Crisis in European Union

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Pope Francis compares today’s migrants trying to flee to the European Union to the people of Israel who were deported into Babylon in the 7th century BC, as told in the Holy Bible Book of Jeremiah.  In his general audience Wednesday, Pope Francis launched an appeal to the nations of the world to open their hearts and their doors to migrants who are standing “at the border”.

According to Pope Francis, “And when they try to go somewhere else, they find the door closed to them. There they are, at the border, because so many doors and so many hearts are closed. Today’s migrants suffer from the cold, without food and with no way to enter. They do not feel welcome.”

He goes on to say, “In these cases, one may ask, where is God? How is it that so much suffering can befall men, women and innocent children?”  See full story…breitbart.com

 

Pope Francis: ‘Most of us were once foreigners’

CNN Video: The Pope speaks about the refugee crisis in Europe and immigration in the United States during his address to a joint meeting of Congress.

 

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Bernie Sanders

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