Tuesday, January 24, 2017

Vatican City: Pope Francis Will ‘Wait And See’ Before Forming Opinion Of Trump


“We will see how he acts, what he does, and then I will have an opinion. But being afraid or rejoicing beforehand because of something that might happen is, in my view, quite unwise. It would be like prophets predicting calamities.”

Times of Ahmad | News Watch | US Desk
Source/Credit: The Huffington Post
By Steven Hoffer | January 23, 2017

Pope Francis isn’t rushing to judgment.

In an interview published Sunday, the pope told Spanish newspaper El País that “we must wait and see” what becomes of the Donald Trump presidency and resist the urge to “judge people prematurely.”

“We will see how he acts, what he does, and then I will have an opinion. But being afraid or rejoicing beforehand because of something that might happen is, in my view, quite unwise. It would be like prophets predicting calamities,” he said.

Francis also took the opportunity to warn against emerging populism, using the rise of Hitler as an example, NBC News noted.

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Steven Hoffer is Senior Editor, The Huffington Post


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