Trump v. The Pope

It’s an unlikely pair to be having a war of words, but GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump and Roman Catholic Pope Francis traded sharp statements about immigration and the Mexican border.

After hosting a mass in Ciudad Juárez, on the US-Mexico border, the pope responded to a question about Trump’s position on immigration: “A person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be, and not building bridges, is not Christian. This is not in the gospel,” the pope said. Still, he declined to offer advice to Catholics who are voting in this year’s election.

Last week, Trump told Fox Business News that the pope is a “very political person” who doesn’t understand US-Mexico relations. But this week’s papal comment inspired Trump to respond even more forcefully.

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