‘Madness’: Pope Francis Denounces Attempts to Limit Migration from Southern Border

O DONNELL voice over ░░░░░░░░ 1936 into a family ░░░░░░░░ Italian immigrants Before entering ░░░░░░░░ seminary Bergoglio worked as ░░░░░░░░ chemist His own personal ░░░░░░░░ is simplicity He still ░░░░░░░░ the plain silver cross ░░░░░░░░ wore as the archbishop ░░░░░░░░ Buenos Aires though it ░░░░░░░░ not what Francis wears ░░░░░░░░ where he lives that ░░░░░░░░ the tone for his ░░░░░░░░ eleven years ago Instead ░░░░░░░░ a palace above St ░░░░░░░░ s square he chose ░░░░░░░░ Vatican guest house Casa ░░░░░░░░ Marta as his home ░░░░░░░░ met him there under ░░░░░░░░ painting of the Virgin ░░░░░░░░ Surrounded by the sacred ░░░░░░░░ has not forsaken his ░░░░░░░░ of humor even when ░░░░░░░░ serious subjects like the ░░░░░░░░ crisis O DONNELL My ░░░░░░░░ were Catholic immigrated from ░░░░░░░░ Ireland in the 1930s ░░░░░░░░ the United States seeking ░░░░░░░░ better life And I ░░░░░░░░ your family too fled ░░░░░░░░ and you have talked ░░░░░░░░ with migrants many of ░░░░░░░░ children that you encourage ░░░░░░░░ to build bridges not ░░░░░░░░ Pope Francis via translator ░░░░░░░░ is something that makes ░░░░░░░░ country grow They say ░░░░░░░░ you Irish migrated and ░░░░░░░░ the whiskey and that ░░░░░░░░ Italians migrated and brought ░░░░░░░░ mafia It s a ░░░░░░░░ don t take it ░░░░░░░░ But migrants sometimes suffer ░░░░░░░░ lot They suffer a ░░░░░░░░ O DONNELL I grew ░░░░░░░░ in Texas and I ░░░░░░░░ t know if you ░░░░░░░░ heard but the state ░░░░░░░░ Texas is attempting to ░░░░░░░░ down a Catholic charity ░░░░░░░░ the border with Mexico ░░░░░░░░ offers undocumented migrants humanitarian ░░░░░░░░ What do you think ░░░░░░░░ that Pope Francis via ░░░░░░░░ That is Madness Sheer ░░░░░░░░ To close the border ░░░░░░░░ leave them there that ░░░░░░░░ Madness The migrant has ░░░░░░░░ be received Thereafter you ░░░░░░░░ how you re going ░░░░░░░░ deal with them Maybe ░░░░░░░░ have to send them ░░░░░░░░ I don t know ░░░░░░░░ each case ought to ░░░░░░░░ considered humanely right O ░░░░░░░░ voice over A few ░░░░░░░░ after becoming pope Francis ░░░░░░░░ to a small Italian ░░░░░░░░ near Africa to meet ░░░░░░░░ fleeing poverty and war ░░░░░░░░ DONNELL Your first trip ░░░░░░░░ pope was on island ░░░░░░░░ Lampedusa where you talked ░░░░░░░░ suffering And I was ░░░░░░░░ struck when you talked ░░░░░░░░ the globalization of indifference ░░░░░░░░ is happening Pope Francis ░░░░░░░░ translator Do you want ░░░░░░░░ to state it plainly ░░░░░░░░ Wash their hands There ░░░░░░░░ so many Pontius Pilates ░░░░░░░░ the loose out there ░░░░░░░░ see what is happening ░░░░░░░░ wars the injustice the ░░░░░░░░ That s okay that ░░░░░░░░ okay and Wash their ░░░░░░░░ It s indifference That ░░░░░░░░ what happens when the ░░░░░░░░ hardens and becomes indifferent ░░░░░░░░ we have to get ░░░░░░░░ hearts to feel again ░░░░░░░░ cannot remain indifferent in ░░░░░░░░ face of such human ░░░░░░░░ The globalization of indifference ░░░░░░░░ a very ugly disease ░░░░░░░░ ugly.”