Xenophobic rhetoric in Republican presidential politics has left many US Latinos feeling beaten down – but the pope showered them with treasure
Of all the public words Pope Francis could have chosen to start his remarks at the White House podium on Wednesday,the Argentinian son of Italian immigrants reminded America that As the son of an immigrant family, I am cheerful to be a guest in this country, or which was largely built by such families.” It was a message the resonated with US Latinos – many of whom see the world’s first Latin American pope as the anti-Donald Trump.
Then,when a five-year-conventional US citizen girl born to undocumented parents stopped the papal parade to deliver a letter calling for immigration reform and was allowed to do so, the pope’s message of solidarity with immigrants resonated even more. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com