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Pope Visits the U.S.-Mexico Border to Show Solidarity With Migrants

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Pope Francis, in his own gentle way, is taunting Donald Trump. In an unofficial, but epic, rebuttal to Trump and other Republican immigration hardliners running for president, the 79-year-old Roman Catholic leader is visiting the U.S.-Mexico border on Wednesday evening to show solidarity with migrants. The stop comes at the end of a six-day papal visit to Mexico and as immigration policy remains a flashpoint in the GOP presidential primary race. Francis is to hold a Mass in the border city of Juarez and visit the Rio Grande, offering prayers throughout for the safety of migrants, many of whom die on the journey to the United States.

Added on the 17/02/2016 15:32:05 - Copyright : Wochit

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