VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis has criticised the Trump administration's policy of keeping apart migrant households on the Mexican border, announcing populism isn't the answer to the sector's immigration issues.
Speaking to Reuters, the Pope stated he supported recent statements by US Catholic bishops who called the separation of kids from their folks "contrary to our Catholic values" and "immoral".
"It's not easy, but populism is not the solution," Francis stated on Sunday evening.
In a rare, wide-ranging interview, the pope stated he was once positive about talks that can lead to a historic agreement over the appointment of bishops in China, and stated he would possibly accept more bishops' resignations over a sexual abuse scandal in Chile.
Reflecting at his Vatican place of dwelling on his five years as pope, he defended his management of the Roman Catholic Church in opposition to criticism by conservatives outside and inside the Church who say his interpretation of its teachings is just too liberal.
He also stated he sought after to nominate more girls to top positions in the Vatican administration.
One of his most pointed messages concerned President Donald Trump's zero-tolerance immigration policy, in which US authorities plan to criminally prosecute all immigrants caught crossing the Mexican border illegally, conserving adults in prison while their youngsters are despatched to government shelters.
The policy has led to an outcry in the United States and has been condemned out of the country as videos emerged of youngsters held in concrete-floored enclosures and an audio of wailing youngsters went viral.
US Catholic bishops have joined different religious leaders in the United States in condemning the policy.
"I am on the side of the bishops' conference," the pope stated, referring to two statements from US bishops this month.
"Let it be clear that in these things, I respect (the position of) the bishops conference."
Francis' feedback add to the power on Trump over immigration policy. The pope heads a church which has 1.three billion participants worldwide and is the largest Christian denomination in the United States.
The president has strongly defended his administration's actions and cast blame for the family separations on Democrats.
"Democrats are the problem," Trump stated on Twitter on Tuesday. "They don't care about crime and want illegal immigrants."
The US crackdown chimes with a brand new political mood sweeping western Europe over the huge numbers of migrants and asylum-seekers, most of them escaping conflict and poverty in the Middle East and Africa.
The pope stated populists had been "creating psychosis" at the issue of immigration, at the same time as growing older societies like Europe faced "a great demographic winter" and needed more immigrants.
Without immigration, he added, Europe "will become empty."
CHURCH'S FUTURE "ON THE STREET"
Since assuming the papacy in 2013, Francis has promoted a liberal interpretation of Catholic teachings at a time when politics in lots of portions of the West have shifted towards economic nationalism.
He has faced inner opposition from conservative clergy who oppose his liberal interpretations, particularly his option to sexuality and showing mercy towards divorced Catholics. But the pope stated he prayed for conservatives who every so often stated "nasty things" about him.
Defending his management, the 81-year-old Argentine pontiff stated the future of the Catholic Church was once "on the street".
He stated he sought after to nominate more girls to head Vatican departments as a result of they had been better at resolving conflicts, regardless that this must now not lead to what he called "masculinism in a skirt".
The pope stated his well being was once just right aside from leg ache related to a back condition. He reiterated feedback first made shortly after his election that he would possibly sooner or later surrender for reasons of well being as his predecessor, Pope Benedict, did in 2013, but stated: "Right now, I am not even thinking about it."
He spoke at length about immigration, a arguable issue in Europe in addition to the United States. The populist Italian government has refused port access to non-government ships that have been rescuing asylum-seekers seeking to go to Italy from Africa in flimsy boats.
One send was once forced to disembark more than 600 migrants in Spain on the weekend.
Italy's interior minister, Matteo Salvini, who may be leader of the far-right-wing League birthday party, has criticised the pope up to now, once announcing the pontiff must absorb migrants in the Vatican if he was once so focused on them.
"I believe that you cannot reject people who arrive. You have to receive them, help them, look after them, accompany them and then see where to put them, but throughout all of Europe," Francis stated.
"Some governments are working on it, and people have to be settled in the best possible way, but creating psychosis is not the cure," he added. "Populism does not resolve things. What resolves things is acceptance, study, prudence."
SOME STRUGGLES AND TOUGH DECISIONS
Francis stated he was once saddened by Trump's determination remaining yr to enforce new restrictions on American commute and trade with Cuba. The transfer rolled back his predecessor President Barack Obama's opening to the island country. That deal, which the Vatican helped dealer, "was a good step forward", the pope stated.
He also stated Trump's determination to pull out of the Paris agreement to curb climate exchange led to him "a bit of pain because the future of humanity is at stake". The pope stated he was hoping Trump would re-think his place.
Rejecting criticism that he is liable to selling out Chinese Catholics unswerving to the Vatican, Francis stated talks to unravel a dispute over the appointment of bishops in China - an obstacle to resuming diplomatic ties - had been "at a good point".
The pope has approved the resignations of 3 bishops in Chile over the sexual abuse scandal there and allegations that it was once lined up. He stated he may just accept more resignations but did not say which bishop or bishops he had in mind.
The pope also commented on inner criticism of his papacy by conservatives, led by American Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke.
In 2016, Burke and three different cardinals issued a rare public challenge to Francis over some of his teachings in a significant file at the family, accusing him of sowing disorientation and confusion on important ethical problems.
Francis stated he had heard about the cardinals' letter criticising him "from the newspapers ... a way of doing things that is, let's say, not ecclesial, but we all make mistakes".
He borrowed the analogy of a past due Italian cardinal who likened the Church to a flowing river, with room for different views. "We have to be respectful and tolerant, and if someone is in the river, let's move forward," he stated.
He stated reform of the Vatican administration, the Curia, was once going smartly "but we have to work more". The pope once criticised Curia careerists as having "spiritual Alzheimer's".
Francis stated he was once most commonly glad about reforms enacted to make once-scandalous Vatican budget more transparent. The Vatican financial institution, which closed masses of suspicious or dormant accounts, "now works well", he stated.
"There have been some struggles and I have had to make some strong decisions," he stated.
Speaking to Reuters, the Pope stated he supported recent statements by US Catholic bishops who called the separation of kids from their folks "contrary to our Catholic values" and "immoral".
"It's not easy, but populism is not the solution," Francis stated on Sunday evening.
In a rare, wide-ranging interview, the pope stated he was once positive about talks that can lead to a historic agreement over the appointment of bishops in China, and stated he would possibly accept more bishops' resignations over a sexual abuse scandal in Chile.
Reflecting at his Vatican place of dwelling on his five years as pope, he defended his management of the Roman Catholic Church in opposition to criticism by conservatives outside and inside the Church who say his interpretation of its teachings is just too liberal.
He also stated he sought after to nominate more girls to top positions in the Vatican administration.
One of his most pointed messages concerned President Donald Trump's zero-tolerance immigration policy, in which US authorities plan to criminally prosecute all immigrants caught crossing the Mexican border illegally, conserving adults in prison while their youngsters are despatched to government shelters.
The policy has led to an outcry in the United States and has been condemned out of the country as videos emerged of youngsters held in concrete-floored enclosures and an audio of wailing youngsters went viral.
US Catholic bishops have joined different religious leaders in the United States in condemning the policy.
"I am on the side of the bishops' conference," the pope stated, referring to two statements from US bishops this month.
"Let it be clear that in these things, I respect (the position of) the bishops conference."
Francis' feedback add to the power on Trump over immigration policy. The pope heads a church which has 1.three billion participants worldwide and is the largest Christian denomination in the United States.
The president has strongly defended his administration's actions and cast blame for the family separations on Democrats.
"Democrats are the problem," Trump stated on Twitter on Tuesday. "They don't care about crime and want illegal immigrants."
The US crackdown chimes with a brand new political mood sweeping western Europe over the huge numbers of migrants and asylum-seekers, most of them escaping conflict and poverty in the Middle East and Africa.
The pope stated populists had been "creating psychosis" at the issue of immigration, at the same time as growing older societies like Europe faced "a great demographic winter" and needed more immigrants.
Without immigration, he added, Europe "will become empty."
CHURCH'S FUTURE "ON THE STREET"
Since assuming the papacy in 2013, Francis has promoted a liberal interpretation of Catholic teachings at a time when politics in lots of portions of the West have shifted towards economic nationalism.
He has faced inner opposition from conservative clergy who oppose his liberal interpretations, particularly his option to sexuality and showing mercy towards divorced Catholics. But the pope stated he prayed for conservatives who every so often stated "nasty things" about him.
Defending his management, the 81-year-old Argentine pontiff stated the future of the Catholic Church was once "on the street".
He stated he sought after to nominate more girls to head Vatican departments as a result of they had been better at resolving conflicts, regardless that this must now not lead to what he called "masculinism in a skirt".
The pope stated his well being was once just right aside from leg ache related to a back condition. He reiterated feedback first made shortly after his election that he would possibly sooner or later surrender for reasons of well being as his predecessor, Pope Benedict, did in 2013, but stated: "Right now, I am not even thinking about it."
He spoke at length about immigration, a arguable issue in Europe in addition to the United States. The populist Italian government has refused port access to non-government ships that have been rescuing asylum-seekers seeking to go to Italy from Africa in flimsy boats.
One send was once forced to disembark more than 600 migrants in Spain on the weekend.
Italy's interior minister, Matteo Salvini, who may be leader of the far-right-wing League birthday party, has criticised the pope up to now, once announcing the pontiff must absorb migrants in the Vatican if he was once so focused on them.
"I believe that you cannot reject people who arrive. You have to receive them, help them, look after them, accompany them and then see where to put them, but throughout all of Europe," Francis stated.
"Some governments are working on it, and people have to be settled in the best possible way, but creating psychosis is not the cure," he added. "Populism does not resolve things. What resolves things is acceptance, study, prudence."
SOME STRUGGLES AND TOUGH DECISIONS
Francis stated he was once saddened by Trump's determination remaining yr to enforce new restrictions on American commute and trade with Cuba. The transfer rolled back his predecessor President Barack Obama's opening to the island country. That deal, which the Vatican helped dealer, "was a good step forward", the pope stated.
He also stated Trump's determination to pull out of the Paris agreement to curb climate exchange led to him "a bit of pain because the future of humanity is at stake". The pope stated he was hoping Trump would re-think his place.
Rejecting criticism that he is liable to selling out Chinese Catholics unswerving to the Vatican, Francis stated talks to unravel a dispute over the appointment of bishops in China - an obstacle to resuming diplomatic ties - had been "at a good point".
The pope has approved the resignations of 3 bishops in Chile over the sexual abuse scandal there and allegations that it was once lined up. He stated he may just accept more resignations but did not say which bishop or bishops he had in mind.
The pope also commented on inner criticism of his papacy by conservatives, led by American Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke.
In 2016, Burke and three different cardinals issued a rare public challenge to Francis over some of his teachings in a significant file at the family, accusing him of sowing disorientation and confusion on important ethical problems.
Francis stated he had heard about the cardinals' letter criticising him "from the newspapers ... a way of doing things that is, let's say, not ecclesial, but we all make mistakes".
He borrowed the analogy of a past due Italian cardinal who likened the Church to a flowing river, with room for different views. "We have to be respectful and tolerant, and if someone is in the river, let's move forward," he stated.
He stated reform of the Vatican administration, the Curia, was once going smartly "but we have to work more". The pope once criticised Curia careerists as having "spiritual Alzheimer's".
Francis stated he was once most commonly glad about reforms enacted to make once-scandalous Vatican budget more transparent. The Vatican financial institution, which closed masses of suspicious or dormant accounts, "now works well", he stated.
"There have been some struggles and I have had to make some strong decisions," he stated.
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