(see related)Vatican
spokesman Father Federico Lombardi said Friday the pope was not
targeting US presidential hopeful Donald Trump per se in
comments yesterday that those who would build walls not tear
them down are not Christian.
"The pope said...we must not build walls, but bridges,"
Lombardi told Vatican Radio.
"He has always said so. all the time, and he has said so
many times concerning the issue of migration into Europe - so it
is not at all a specific issue limited to this case".
"In no way did (the pope's comments) intend to be a
personal attack, or an indication of how to vote," Lombardi
said.
Republican real estate tycoon Trump has pledged to build a
wall along the US-Mexico border if elected.
The pope made his comments Thursday on his way back to the
Vatican after an apostolic visit to Mexico.
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