Pope Francis says situation at U.S.-Mexico border is 'serious problem'
Vatican City — May 26, 2023
Pope Francis called the migration crisis between Mexico and the United States a "serious problem" and praised a U.S. bishop working along the border during an interview with Telemundo journalist Julio Vaqueiro.
In the interview, broadcast May 25, the pope was shown photos of a baby wrapped in a blanket and placed inside a suitcase to be taken across the Rio Grande into the United States.
"It's a serious problem there," the pope said in response. "On the other side (of the border) there is a great man, Bishop Seitz" of El Paso, Texas.
"This bishop feels (the problem)," Francis said. "The problem of migrants is serious, it's serious there and it's serious here," he said about Europe, particularly "along the Libyan coast."
Speaking about his own experience as a child of immigrants, and now as an immigrant in Rome, the pope said that every person who leaves his or her homeland "misses the air of their birthplace."
"The mate you make in a thermos yourself is not the same as the mate your mom or your aunt makes for you," he said, referring to the caffeinated herbal drink popular in Argentina.
Vaqueiro asked Francis about his meeting May 13 with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
The pope said Zelenskyy asked for his help inreturning Ukrainian childrenwho have been taken into Russia and told the pope to "not dream much about mediations."
https://www.ncronline.org/vatican/vatican-news/pope-francis-says-situation-us-mexico-border-serious-problem
FYI - A small list of links concerning the Reality of Catholic Charities
https://www.heritage.org/immigration/commentary/whos-really-facilitating-americas-border-crisis-biden-isnt-acting-alone
https://www.americamagazine.org/politics-society/2022/12/15/border-crisis-republicans-catholic-charities-244359
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/dec/19/migrants-using-catholic-charities-to-shield-themse/
https://www.churchmilitant.com/news/article/catholic-charities-under-siegeCatholic Charities Under SiegeHouse Republicans and TX bearing down hard
https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/catholic-charities-san-antonio-title-42-18082221.php
https://www.wilx.com/2023/05/08/st-vincent-catholic-charities-helps-lansing-refugees/
http://www.thexradio.com/news/78-local-news/60497-catholic-charities-launches-the-agape-project
12/25/22 (Sun) Christmas Day
Donald J. Trump@realDonaldTrump
On this very cold but beautiful Christmas Day, look at our Nation NOW on the Southern Border compared to only a short time ago during the Trump Administration.
We had the most SECURE Border in our history, versus the “horror show” that that is happening now, with record setting numbers of people, many of them hardened Criminals (including Killers, Human Traffickers and Drug Dealers), POURING INTO OUR COUNTRY at a rate the likes of which we have never seen before. The USA is dyingfrom within!!!
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/109574657347743432