Donald Trump calls Pope Francis “disgraceful” after the Republican presidential candidate was referred as not being Christian. The word of war began between when the Pope spoke out on Trump’s statements on immigrants.
“Anyone, whoever he is, who only wants to build walls and not bridges is not a Christian,” pope told the reporters during his return journey from a trip to Mexico in response to a question about Trump’s anti-immigrant stance.
Responding to the Pope comments, Mr Trump insisted he is a Christian and proud of it.
“If and when the Vatican is attacked by Isis, which as everyone knows is ISIS’s ultimate trophy, I can promise you that the Pope would have only wished and prayed that Donald Trump would have been President because this would not have happened,” Mr. Trump said. “ISIS would have been eradicated unlike what is happening now with our all talk, no action politicians.
When asked if American Catholics should vote for someone with Trump’s views, Francis said: “I am not going to get involved in that. I say only that this man is not Christian if he has said things like that. We must see if he said things in that way and in this I give the benefit of the doubt.”
Mr. Trump, who won last week’s New Hampshire presidential primary vote by a wide margin, has repeatedly said he would build a wall on the border between the U.S. and Mexico, and claims he will make Mexico pay for it.
