Pope Francis urges youth to accept migrants on visit to Poland

[Tbrightson]

The role of St. Peter’s Square is not to house refugees.

And neither is any other sovereign state.

 

[pnewton]

The Holy Father did not say any of this. What he spoke to was an attitude of acceptance, love and mercy.

If you consider the Holy Father “swell”, I guess that is a step in the right direction, especially for someone who says they are a Catholic.

The role of St. Peter’s Square is not to house refugees.

And neither is any other sovereign state.

That is not their exclusive, or even their primary goal. However, sovereignty does not remove the burden of any state to the world.

*This duty concerns first and foremost the wealthier nations. Their obligations stem from the human and supernatural brotherhood of man, and present a three-fold obligation: 1) mutual solidarity—the aid that the richer nations must give to developing nations; 2) social justice—the rectification of trade relations between strong and weak nations; 3) universal charity—the effort to build a more humane world community, where all can give and receive, and where the progress of some is not bought at the expense of others. The matter is urgent, for on it depends the future of world civilization.

Populorum Progessio*

I went back to Pope Paul VI, though what he wrote has been repeated and expanded by both St. John Paul and Pope Benedict, as a way of showing the way that Pope Francis is following Catholic traditional teaching when he makes statements like this, even though in today’s politics of nationalism, isolationism and greed, the rich tradition of Catholic Church is often seen as some sort of modern influence.

 

[Tbrightson]

If you consider the Holy Father “swell”, I guess that is a step in the right direction, especially for someone who says they are a Catholic.

Its quite obvious I meant his remarks are “swell”, not him personally. We are not supposed to be judgmental or something like that.

 

[PRmerger]

If you consider the Holy Father “swell”, I guess that is a step in the right direction, especially for someone who says they are a Catholic.

Tbrightson, would you mind learning how to use the quote feature? It’s quite helpful for you, as well as for all of us.

Easy way: just hit the “quote” icon at the bottom right.

But it’s also good to learn how to use the more complicated quoting features–there are multiple threads here detailing how you do this.

Thanks.