Pontiff and the president of the United States had their obstacles, including the republican’s antimigrant policies were criticized
The president of the, announced on Monday (21) that he will participate in the funeral do, in Rome, accompanied by the first lady, Melania Trump. “Melania and I will go to Pope Francis’ funeral in Rome. We look forward to being there!” Wrote the president on his platform, Truth Social. The funeral date has not yet been disclosed by the Vatican. Pontiff’s wake should take 9 days, between the rite of the wake and the funeral. On Monday (21), after the death of the 88-year-old Pope Donald Trump posted a brief message on his platform, Social Truth: “Rest in peace, Papa Francis! May God bless you, as well as all who loved Him.” Francisco died on Monday (21) victim of a stroke that caused heart failure. Later, he announced that he ordered the American flags to be raised in half mast in public buildings in honor of the Pope, whom he referred to as a “good man.”
The Pope and the Trump had their obstacles, including Trump’s antimigrant policies were criticized. US President Donald Trump considers herself an advocate of faith, an elected God, but for the late Pope Francis, he was not a Christian. For the pontiff, his migratory policy says more about him than his words. In 2016, I intervened at a distance in the presidential campaign with a comment about then -candidate Trump: “A person who wants to build walls and not bridges is not a Christian.”
Francisco, who received Donald Trump at the Vatican in his first term in 2017, for a half -hour audience, criticized him for his antimigrant positions. After the Republican’s return to power last January 20, the Jesuit Pontiff, the great defender of the excluded, maintained the criticism. The expulsion of “people who, in many cases, have left their countries for reasons of extreme poverty, insecurity, exploitation, persecution or severe environmental, attentive against the dignity of many men and women,” he lamented in an unusual letter to American bishops and published by the Vatican.
In his letter, Francisco also asked “an open fraternity for all, without exception”, leaving aside “personal, community or national identity.” The conflict between the Trump administration and the Catholic clergy also arrived in the courts: the United States Episcopal Conference has challenged the termination of refugee support programs managed by the Church. On the streets, Christians cry the Pope’s death.
*With information from Estadão Content
Posted by Sarah Américo
