Article snippet: After a history of public disagreements on issues from the border wall to Pope Francis will meet for the first time in person tomorrow morning, at the Vatican. The public back-and-forth began during the presidential campaign when Pope Francis alluded to Trump in an interview, saying a man who builds walls instead of bridges isn't a man of faith. "A person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be, and not of building bridges, is not Christian," the pontiff said on Feb. 18 aboard the papal plane. "This is not the gospel. As far as what you said about whether I would advise to vote or not to vote," Pope 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 I will give him the benefit of the doubt." Trump, who was leading the Republican primary race at the time, responded by saying the pope might regret his statements. "If and when the Vatican is attacked by ISIS, which as everyone knows is ISIS' ultimate trophy, I can promise you that the pope would have only wished and prayed that Donald Trump would have been president," Trump said during an appearance in South Carolina that same day. Trump went on to argue that the Mexican government was "using the Pope as a pawn" and wrongfully feeding him information. "That's the Mexican government," he said. "They should be ashamed of themselves for doing so, especiall... Link to the full article to read more
How the war-of-words between Trump and Pope Francis has evolved - ABC News
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