Jocose wrote: 25 Sep 2023, 12:17
Del wrote: 25 Sep 2023, 10:11
It's just stupid to say that Pope Francis isn't doing his part to care for immigrants in his country. He simply can't give what he doesn't have.
https://x.com/NateAFischer/status/17056 ... 09987?s=20
The Vatican is 121 acres.
Approx half of this appears to be plazas/parkland.
High-rises can fit >100 apartments/acre.
Assuming each can hold 5 people, the Vatican could host 30,000 refugees.
That plaza is filled with pilgrims from all over the world, at least twice a week. There is no wasted space in the Vatican.
You know enough to not trust the left-wing media. We kinda need to apply the same wisdom to the right-wing media. It's a stupid red herring to suggest that Vatican City Park has jobs or space to support a population of immigrants. This does not engage the substance of Francis's urging.
Pope Francis's point is that every nation needs to protect its borders and control the rate of immigration. (Wosbald's sources mostly ignore this part.) A nation should not take in more than they can integrate and assimilate, so as to avoid immigrant ghettos of misery and poverty.
But the flip-side is also true: Wealthy Christian nations should embrace a welcoming policy toward immigrants. The "Kick Them All Out" parties in Europe are just as evil as the "Kill All the Children" party in America. Christians cannot support them.
For my part: You may peacefully dispute Francis's balance of opinions. Just please don't fall into the stupid-trap of saying that Francis should house all of Europe's immigrants in the Vatican. Europe's focus must be on corralling the pirates and slavers, controlling their own borders and flow of immigrants, and settling the migrants already in their midst into jobs and homes of their own.
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It's going to bite future Democrats hard when the children of migrant families (who were allowed in illegally) turn into a bloc of pro-freedom, pro-life, pro-family, devoutly Catholic Republican voters.
I predict Democrats will pivot yet again upon their racist axis and oppress those Hispanics for their faith.
¡Viva Cristo Rey!
