Pope Francis slams Donald Trump's migrant deportations: ‘Will end badly’

Anyone, whoever he is, who only wants to build walls and not bridges is not a Christian."

In February 2016, when asked about the then-US presidential hopeful's stance, the pope said

What is built on the basis of force, and not on the truth about the equal dignity of every human being, begins badly and will end badly,

Francis warned

I wish he'd stick to the Catholic Church and fix that and leave border enforcement to us."

Homan reiterated that sentiment to other reporters at the White House, saying

Christian love is not a concentric expansion of interests that little by little extend to other persons and groups,

he wrote

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I've got harsh words for the pope: I say this as a lifelong Catholic. He ought to focus on his work and leave enforcement to us. He's got a wall around the Vatican, does he not?"

When asked Tuesday by a Fox News reporter to comment on the pope's "harsh words," Homan replied

It will be a disgrace, ... because it makes the poor wretches who have nothing pay the bill… This won't do! You don't resolve things this way."

he said in an interview with an Italian talk show

For Augustine, every love, even the love of neighbor, must be ordered beneath the love of God,

he wrote

The true ‘ordo amoris’ that must be promoted (is) … by meditating on the love that builds a fraternity open to all, without exception.”

The pope wrote Tuesday

This is the pope also directly countering misinformation about the Catholic faith that is being expounded by the Catholic vice president,

he added to The Associated Press

You love your family, and then you love your neighbor, and then you love your community, and then you love your fellow citizens in your own country. And then after that, you can focus and prioritize the rest of the world."

He posted this in reply to criticism over statements he made in a Fox News interview

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I have followed closely the major crisis that is taking place in the United States with the initiation of a program of mass deportations,

Francis wrote

That said, the act of deporting people who in many cases have left their own land for reasons of extreme poverty, insecurity, exploitation, persecution or serious deterioration of the environment, damages the dignity of many men and women, and of entire families, and places them in a state of particular vulnerability and defenselessness,

he wrote

I exhort all the faithful of the Catholic Church ... not to give in to narratives that discriminate against and cause unnecessary suffering to our migrant and refugee brothers and sisters,

said the pontiff

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And that's what the pope ought to be paying attention to if he wants to get in our business,

Homan said

This is not a minor issue — an authentic rule of law is verified precisely in the dignified treatment that all people deserve, especially the poorest and most marginalized,

he wrote in his letter

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He's got a border wall around the Vatican,

said Homan

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You ought to get out of the business of our national security and our border enforcement work and concentrate on the Catholic Church,

Homan told "Wake Up America" on Tuesday