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Trump vs. The Pope It seems like everyone has an opinion on GOP frontrunner Donald Trump these days. Today, Pope Francis decided to weigh in on the real estate mogul's candidacy and his verdict is not so favorable. Specifically, the pontiff takes issue with Donald's plan to build a border wall with Mexico. When asked about Trump, the Pope was quoted by The New York Times: A person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be, and not of building bridges, is not Christian. This is not the Gospel. As far as what you said about whether I would advise to vote or not to vote, I am not getting involved in that. I say only this man is not Christian if he has said things like that. It didn't take very long for Donald Trump to respond to the Pope's comments. Shortly after the Pope made his statement, Trump issued a statement of his own...continue reading Here's The Reason Walls Were Built Around The Vatican Controversy continues to swirl around the apparent conflict between Pope Francis and Donald Trump, after the Pontiff implied that the billionaire's focus on building a wall on the Mexican border puts him at odds with the tenets of Christianity. In Trump's defense, some have pointed to the fact that the Vatican City, the seat of papal authority, is itself surrounded by walls. However, this defense is being criticized by some on the left, who claim that the walls surrounding the Vatican are not analogous to those proposed to secure American borders. In an article entitled "In Defense of Trump, Some Point (Wrongly) to Vatican Walls", write Liam Stack writes that Pope Leo IV built the walls around the Vatican "in an attempt to protect it from attacks by pirates and other marauders."... continue reading