Pope Francis enters USA politics by suggesting Donald Trump is not a Christian

Vatican City from above (Photo by Joyce Thiel)

Pope Francis entered into USA politics while he was in Mexico:

February 18, 2016

Pope Francis has a message for Donald Trump: building a wall on the Mexican border is “not Christian.”

The pontiff delivered that message Thursday during a news conference on his flight back to the Vatican from Mexico.

“A person who only thinks about building walls, wherever they may be, and not building bridges, is not Christian,” the Buenos Aires-born pontiff said when asked about Trump’s now infamous promises to erect a wall aimed at keeping Mexicans out of the U.S. http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/immigration-border-crisis/pope-francis-donald-trump-building-mexico-wall-not-christian-n520706

Whether or not this affects the primaries in the USA, Pope Francis’ comments are clearly political and at least partially aimed to try to stop Donald Trump.

While I, too, do not consider that Donald Trump is a real Christian, Pope Francis needs to look in the mirror himself.

Not only did NO EARLY CHURCH LEADER dress like the priests of Mithras before Emperor Constantine (see Were the Early Duties of Elders/Pastors Mainly Sacramental? What was their Dress?), Vatican City itself is basically a big wall that keeps people out of areas beyond St. Peter’s Basilica and the related square. There are Swiss military personnel who stop people from going anywhere else. They check your papers and do not let anyone into the gardens, etc. without proper documentation.

The Vatican is a walled off ‘nation’ that will allow some to visit certain parts, but keeps all out of most of it. Pope Francis has not changed that nor hinted that he would.

Thus, Pope Francis is not a Christian based on the standard he, himself, set.

Donald Trump fired back against Pope Francis today:

February 18, 2016

Donald Trump fired back at Pope Francis in a rally Thursday afternoon in South Carolina, saying the pope would wish for a President Trump “if and when” the Islamic State were to attack the Vatican.

“For a religious leader to question a person’s faith is disgraceful,” Trump said in a lengthy statement. http://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-pope-francis-isis-vatican-2016-2

Despite Donald Trump’s ‘disgraceful comment,’ it is appropriate for religious leaders to question the faith of others (Jesus did this repeatedly with the Pharisees and Sadducees).

As far as Pope Francis having an apparent double-standard goes, Donald Trump’s implication here is correct that Pope Francis wants protection (though Pope Francis obviously does not believe that Donald Trump needs to lead that protection).

The timing of Pope Francis’ comments is also political. A national poll out yesterday has Ted Cruz leading as the first choice for Republicans. However, with Donald Trump widely expected to win the next two primaries that are coming up in the next several days (South Carolina and Nevada), those possible wins could give Donald Trump the momentum to win the Republican nomination.

While Pope Francis likely decided to say what he did because he was in Mexico, he likely considered the political ramifications. But he has denied that:

February 18, 2016

Francis insisted he was not telling Americans whether or not they should vote for Trump, the Republican presidential candidate who recently lost his lead to rival Sen. Ted Cruz in a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.

“I am not going to get into involved in that,” said the pope, who had just wrapped up a tour of Mexico. “I would only say that this man is not Christian if he has said things like that.” http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/immigration-border-crisis/pope-francis-donald-trump-building-mexico-wall-not-christian-n520706

In my view, Pope Francis is bearing false witness. He technically did not tell people not to vote for Donald Trump, but he clearly was referring to Donald Trump not being a Christian. He had to have considered that Roman Catholics should understand that they should not vote for Donald Trump.

Not to long ago, Donald Trump said something about the border and Pope Francis last week:

February 12, 2016

During an interview with Fox Business’ Stuart Varney on Thursday, Trump went after Pope Francis’ decision to visit Mexico while Trump’s campaign continues to rile supporters’ anti-immigrant anxieties with promises of a giant border wall to keep out Mexicans.

“Pope Francis is gonna stand at the border with Mexico, standing with the migrants. What do you make of that?” Varney asked Trump.

First calling Pope Francis “a very political person,” Trump then insisted the religious leader “doesn’t understand the problems our country has.”

“I don’t think he understands the danger of the open border that we have with Mexico,” Trump told Varney. http://www.salon.com/2016/02/12/trump_lashes_out_at_very_political_pope_francis_for_daring_to_visit_mexico/

Pope Francis truly is a very political person. Pope Francis proved that again today.

He is working on an ecumenical and interfaith ‘Babylonian’ unity that the Bible repeatedly warns against (Revelation 17,18).

Today, Pope Francis said something that might affect the outcome of the Republican primaries.

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