I say this with all due respect to the Pope. He, (Francis,) states "He who raises a wall, ends up a prisoner of the wall he erected." He further talks about other countries like Spain putting up walls/fences to deter migrants as "shameful."

Well, I have to say, when we were in Italy, we visited the Vatican. THE WALL AROUND THE ENTIRE VATICAN CITY WAS MOST IMPRESSIVE, being about 40 or 50 feet high, and I imagine about 10 to 20 feet thick! And there are guards, both civil authorities and Vatican police at EVERY entrance to keep out UN_WANTED people!!! He, (Pope Francis) goes further, stating, "The blame for poverty and war lays at the feet of capitalism." I do not feel that the Pope has any right to make those statements. When he tears down the walls around the Vatican and allows everyone to enter and camp out there, then he can say anything he wants about walls.

I apologize as this will probably evoke a tirade of reply's. But I have to repeat, I am not trying to be disrespectful at all. If there were no walls around the Vatican, then there would be nothing to say.
Rich...

I say this with all due respect to the Pope. He, (Francis,) states "He who raises a wall, ends up a prisoner of the wall he erected." He further talks about other countries like Spain putting up walls/fences to deter migrants as "shameful."

Well, I have to say, when we were in Italy, we visited the Vatican. THE WALL AROUND THE ENTIRE VATICAN CITY WAS MOST IMPRESSIVE, being about 40 or 50 feet high, and I imagine about 10 to 20 feet thick! And there are guards, both civil authorities and Vatican police at EVERY entrance to keep out UN_WANTED people!!! He, (Pope Francis) goes further, stating, "The blame for poverty and war lays at the feet of capitalism." I do not feel that the Pope has any right to make those statements. When he tears down the walls around the Vatican and allows everyone to enter and camp out there, then he can say anything he wants about walls.

I apologize as this will probably evoke a tirade of reply's. But I have to repeat, I am not trying to be disrespectful at all. If there were no walls around the Vatican, then there would be nothing to say.
Rich...

The Catholic Church is NOT a country, it is a religious organization. Vatican City is a city state with an area of about 2 tenths of a square mile, making it the worlds smallest physical country. The global headquarters of the Roman Catholic Church is located in Vatican City but, the church is definitely NOT a country and Roman Catholic priests are definitely NOT agents of a foreign country.
Although there are pedophile priests, there are also pedophile republicans. Based on your logic, priests should have to register as sex offenders, then shouldn't republicans?

I say this with all due respect to the Pope. He, (Francis,) states "He who raises a wall, ends up a prisoner of the wall he erected." He further talks about other countries like Spain putting up walls/fences to deter migrants as "shameful."

Well, I have to say, when we were in Italy, we visited the Vatican. THE WALL AROUND THE ENTIRE VATICAN CITY WAS MOST IMPRESSIVE, being about 40 or 50 feet high, and I imagine about 10 to 20 feet thick! And there are guards, both civil authorities and Vatican police at EVERY entrance to keep out UN_WANTED people!!! He, (Pope Francis) goes further, stating, "The blame for poverty and war lays at the feet of capitalism." I do not feel that the Pope has any right to make those statements. When he tears down the walls around the Vatican and allows everyone to enter and camp out there, then he can say anything he wants about walls.

I apologize as this will probably evoke a tirade of reply's. But I have to repeat, I am not trying to be disrespectful at all. If there were no walls around the Vatican, then there would be nothing to say.
Rich...