Pope Francis: US-Russia Alliance Dangerous, and the countries have a distorted view of the world

[pnwmom]

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/341199-pope-francis-us-russia-alliance-dangerous

Pope Francis issued a stark warning against “dangerous” international alliances, including between the U.S. and Russia, on Saturday.

The Pope said that he was afraid of "very dangerous alliances among [foreign] powers that have a distorted vision of the world: America and Russia, China and North Korea, [Russian President Vladimir] Putin and [Syrian President Bashar] Assad in the war in Syria."

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-g20-germany-pope-idUSKBN19T09W

Pope Francis warned leaders of the world's top 20 economies meeting in Hamburg against forming dangerous and distorting alliances that could harm the poor and migrants, in an article in Italian daily la Repubblica on Saturday.

"The G20 worries me, it hits migrants in countries in half of the world and it hits them even more as time goes by," the Pope was quoted as saying in a conversation with the paper's founder Eugenio Scalfari.

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He said the greatest danger concerned immigration, with "the poor, the weak, the excluded and the marginalised" juxtaposed with "those who... fear the invasion of migrants".

European Union states are at odds over how to cope with a huge influx of migrants, many fleeing war and poverty in countries Syria, Afghanistan and other countries.

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Pope Francis was also quoted as saying Europe should adopt a federal structure as soon as possible or "it won't count for anything in the world"

[muriel_volestrangler]

1. Wow. That's pretty big - the Pope putting the USA in with N. Korea, Syria, China and Russia

You'd normally think the Pope would be saying "it's good when countries get on well". For him to say "this is bad", he has to think both parties are a danger.