'He's Got a Wall Around the Vatican, Does He Not?' Homan Criticizes Pope Francis for Immigration Letter

Nick Kangadis | February 13, 2025
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I understand criticizing a religious figure is a delicate thing to do. But when that figure constantly inserts himself into political debate that, frankly, doesn’t concern him, don’t be surprised when someone takes them to task for their ignorance on a specific topic.

Pope Francis issued a letter on Tuesday criticizing President Donald Trump and his administration for their efforts to stem the illegal invasion crisis on U.S. borders.

According to the Associated Press (AP), the Pope wrote the following:

In the letter, Francis said nations have the right to defend themselves and keep their communities safe from criminals.

“That said, the act of deporting people who in many cases have left their own land for reasons of extreme poverty, insecurity, exploitation, persecution or serious deterioration of the environment, damages the dignity of many men and women, and of entire families, and places them in a state of particular vulnerability and defenselessness,” he wrote.[…]

“What is built on the basis of force, and not on the truth about the equal dignity of every human being, begins badly and will end badly,” he warned.

That’s pretty rich for anyone who lives in a gold-plated house surrounded by giant walls and its own massive security apparatus.

Someone who shares that sentiment is Trump’s border czar Tom Homan.

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Homan was asked on Wednesday about the Pope Francis’ statement, and he responded as respectful as he could considering the circumstances that the Pope doesn’t realize can deabilitate a country and send it on a negative path.

“I’m saying this as a lifelong Catholic. I was baptized Catholic. I was at first Communiion as a Catholic, confirmation as a Catholic,” Homan said before directly addressing the point. “He ought to fix the Catholic Church and concentrate on his work and leave border enforcement to us.”

But, that wasn’t all. Homan made the point of acknowledging the sentiment above.

“He wants to attack us for securing the border?” Homan continued. “He’s got a wall around the Vatican, does he not? So he’s got a wall around to protect his people and himself, but we can’t have a wall around the United States?”

Removing the religious aspect of this issue, where is Homan wrong in his assessment? I’ll wait.

 

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