The Catholic Church’s new Pope has publicly described migration as a “huge problem” even as he also urges Christians to treat migrants with respect.
“It’s a huge problem, and it’s a problem worldwide, not only in this country. There’s got to be a way both to solve the problem, but also treat people with respect,” then-Cardinal Robert Prevost preached in a Catholic Mass, according to an undated video:
His comments recognized both the Catholic Church’s universalist and idealist perspective and the practical management problem facing elected secular governments:
Both the first [Old Testament] reading and the [New Testament] Gospel make very clear a message which Pope Francis has been hammering home time and again since his very first trip as Pope, when he went
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