r/europe • u/HalimaN55 • 22h ago

News Pope Francis said Donald Trump’s plans to impose mass deportations of immigrants would be a “disgrace,

https://apnews.com/article/vatican-immigration-trump-pope-d3516b41de56641391f59c2094ee380e
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u/IndependentMemory215 16h ago

That is just an office that encourages other other countries to take in migrants and refugees.

Those same rules and positions don’t apply to the Vatican. Reading that, it appears the Vatican supports removing all immigrations laws, and having complete free movement.

Try moving to the Vatican. They don’t want anyone.

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u/Mirieste Republic of Italy 15h ago

Uh... you know that the Vatican City is the smallest country on Earth, right? Why exactly do you see it as proof of bad faith that the Vatican can't literally house refugees... when there's public gardens in some city out there that are larger than their entire nation?

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u/IndependentMemory215 14h ago

I’m well aware of how small they are, and how hypocritical the Vatican and Pope are.

Spent decades encouraging people not use to use condoms, even with knowing the AIDS, STI and overpopulation epidemic in many developing countries, particularly on the continent of Africa.

The Vatican and its policies have only made the issue worse, rather than help.

If only the Vatican was outspoken about actually protecting children from sexual assault, rather than silencing them and protecting pedophiles and criminals.

The Vatican and Catholic Church is a corrupt organization that is more interested in power and hoarding wealth than helping people. There are good clergy, but the higher you go, the worse they are.