August 17, 2015
The Pope on Immigration: The Real Story
Some conservatives, including Rush Limbaugh, have latched on to the supposed story that Pope Francis has equated rejecting immigrants with murder.
That's not what the pope said.
As with most supposedly bothersome statements from the pope, the reality is very different from the reporting.
Rush and other conservatives got confused because the article blared that "Pope Francis brands rejection of migrants 'an act of war.'" You need to read the article, and the article it references, very closely to find the caveats.
To find the truth, meanwhile, you need to go to what the pope actually said. There does not appear to be an official English translation of the pope's speech to the Eucharistic Youth Movement, but here is a translated version of the Italian article on the Vatican website.
We think of those brothers our Rohingja: have been driven from one country and another and another, and go to sea... When they arrive at a port or on a...(Read Full Article)