Pope Francis Sends $500K in Funds to Assist Migrants at Mexico-US Border Amid Surge – IOTW Report

Pope Francis Sends $500K in Funds to Assist Migrants at Mexico-US Border Amid Surge

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Pope Francis has sent half a million dollars in funds from the “Peter’s Pence collections” to 27 Mexico-based projects to assist migrant communities, the Vatican said on April 27.

It comes as President Donald Trump warned days ago of a new migrant caravan attempting to get on U.S. soil.

The funds are to be sent to 16 Mexican dioceses and religious congregations that requested assistance in basic aid for the migrants stranded at the border. The Vatican noted that more than 75,000 migrants arrived in Mexico last year in six different migrant caravans. The migrants mainly come from Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala.

“The Catholic Church hosts thousands of them in hotels within the dioceses or religious congregations, providing basic necessities, from housing to clothing,” the Vatican said.

Trump has urged Mexico to stop the influx of migrants attempting to enter the United States illegally. The president has repeatedly floated the idea of closing certain parts of the southern border in order to stem what he described previously as an “attempted invasion of illegals.

U.S. officials said they arrested or denied entry to more than 103,000 people along the border with Mexico in March, more than twice as many as the same period in 2018.  read more

28 Comments on Pope Francis Sends $500K in Funds to Assist Migrants at Mexico-US Border Amid Surge

  1. This Pope just doesn’t think things through. He could of given them that aid BEFORE they headed for the border and maybe they would stay home. He needs to get the church out of politics.

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  2. That church just collected another Billion.
    Like just last week.
    Wake Up.
    Guy Fawkes Traditions. The “guy,” an effigy is still usually thrown on the bonfire but an effigy of the Pope rarely is, until suddenly.

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  3. I despised him before for his wrong views on firearms ownership and the hoax of climate change.

    Now I hate him. He is an enemy of the United States. Catholics, stop giving money to the church until this asshole is removed. We need to see some white smoke in the Vatican.

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  4. 500 Grand? What a fukcing cheapskate. Send more bitch. Send the GOLD. Put your money where your mouth is …oh never mind…

    His skull cap is worth as much.

    A Cat-lick boy here.

    Ghost.

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  5. The US Government gives 50 million dollars a year to Catholic charities for migrant outreach. Last Christmas before my (94 year old) Mother died I asked her if I should give a check to the church at Xmas…………she said NO! I say screw the POPE!

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  6. how nice- he is aiding and abetting criminals, and encouraging them in their endeavors, which are to be at our expense.
    I wonder what the other pope thinks of this.
    And why are there 2 living popes? How does that work?

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  7. Time to sign the paperwork. Put the Roman Catholic Church on the same list as all other state sponsors of terrorism. Freeze all assets. Imprison all that contribute to them.

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  8. All my life I have given to “Peter’s Pence collections”. Here is a note to our Sandinista/Marxists/anti-capitalist so-called POPE. Not one single penny ever ever to you ever again. You usurped Pope Benedict because he stood up against a Muslim while you kiss their feet. I’m done with you Mr. Jorge Bergoglio. You cover up the statues in the Vatican as not to offend Muslims? . You have offended me for the last time………………………….. I shall remain a devout Catholic but you couldn’t walk in the shadow of Pope Benedict. He is our Pope.

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  9. The Pope is a Commie.
    By the way, Maria Barteromo was at the border and someone who is trying to get in here told her that someone is running ads on the radio in Guatemala encouraging people to come here and that the US will let them in and they can live the American Dream.
    I’d be interested in knowing who that is.
    I wonder if Commie Pope is helping out with those ads.

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