Pope Francis believes that efforts to control America’s borders and stop millions of illegal aliens flowing into the country would be “sheer madness.”
Francis denounced efforts by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to shut down a Catholic charity helping illegal migrants across the southern border.
During a 60 Minutes interview with Norah O’Donnell, the Pontiff declared that open borders are helping America.
“Migration is something that makes a country grow,” he said.
“They say that you Irish migrated and brought the whiskey and that the Italians migrated and brought the mafia. Migrants sometimes suffer a lot. They suffer a lot.”
“To close the border and leave them there, that is madness,” he continued.
“Migrants have to be welcomed.”
“Thereafter, you see how you are going to deal with them. Maybe you have to send them back, I don’t know, but each case ought to be considered humanely.”
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Paxton filed a fresh complaint over the weekend against Annunciation House for its role in enabling the border crisis, warning that other charities doing the same will face similar actions.
Paxton wrote in a press release:
“Any NGO (non-governmental organization) facilitating the unlawful entry of illegal aliens into Texas is undermining the rule of law and potentially jeopardizing the safety and wellbeing of our citizens,” Paxton wrote in a press release.
“All NGOs who are complicit in (President) Joe Biden’s illegal immigration catastrophe and think they are above the law should consider themselves on notice.”
As we highlighted earlier this week, Francis also accused conservatives of having a “suicidal attitude” to life and politics.
“You use an adjective – conservative. That is conservative is one who clings to something and does not want to see beyond that,” Francis argued.
“It is a suicidal attitude. Because one thing is to take tradition into account.”
“To consider situations from the past. But quite another to be closed up inside a dogmatic box.”
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The Pope addresses his conservative critics in the church.
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"Conservative is one who clings to something and does not want to see beyond that. It is a suicidal attitude," says Pope Francis. This Sunday on 60 Minutes, the Pope sits down with @NorahODonnell. https://t.co/mEN4CWeXMW pic.twitter.com/HPYgVm4kIp
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