Saturday, May 10, 2025

Pope Leo XIV Says Mass Migration Is ‘Huge Problem’

The Catholic Church’s new Pope has publicly described migration as a “huge problem” even as he also urges Christians to treat migrants with respect.

“It’s a huge problem, and it’s a problem worldwide, not only in this country. There’s got to be a way both to solve the problem, but also treat people with respect,” then-Cardinal Robert Prevost preached in a Catholic Mass, according to an undated video: His comments recognized both the Catholic Church’s universalist and idealist perspective and the practical management problem facing elected secular governments:

These two-sided comments are far more nuanced than the prior Pope’s loud support for mass migration into Europe’s increasingly chaotic and violent societies. For example, the recently deceased Pope Francis declared that building barriers to migration is “not Christian.” He told a group of mostly Muslim migrants they were “warriors of hope,” and declared that “we are all required to welcome, promote, accompany, and integrate those who knock on our doors.”Thousands of African and Arab migrants have died while trying to reach the European welcome offered by Pope Francis — and thousands of the migrants have committed crimes against Europeans after they landed.   (Ed Note: The liberal is already coming out. No word about the crimes of the illegal immigrants as they come into the country, just how that country should have no boarders. Let's see what the new Pope says about Israel and Gaza!)  (Read More)