Wednesday, September 2, 2015

Many Hispanics Want Pope Francis To Address Trump On Immigration


By Mary Jordan, Aug 31, 2015 Washington Post

Karla Perez loves Pope Francis. Like her, he’s a native Spanish speaker. He is also the first Latin American to lead the Catholic Church, and he talks easily about soccer and prefers public buses to luxury cars.

Most of all, though, Perez loves this pope because he has made better treatment of immigrants a centerpiece of his two-year-old papacy.

She hopes, as do many of the nearly 30 million Hispanic Catholics in the country, that this month’s visit by Francis will change the tone of the nation’s divisive immigration debate.

“I’m an immigrant myself, and I hear politicians saying they want to build higher walls. I can’t remember a time when it’s been this ugly,” said Perez, 31, an elementary school teacher who emigrated from El Salvador when she was a child and now attends Good Shepherd Catholic Church in Alexandria, Va.


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1 comment:

  1. Pope addressed it and said we need to open up to immigrants. Push back wasn't so good for the Pope on FB. What about his abortion pass? Is he being an Obama....choosing what law to enforce? Did God speak to him or was it someone else?

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