Pope Francis wagged a finger at followers of the Catholic faith in recent days. The spiritual leader of more than 1.3 billion Roman Catholics around the world accused the west, particularly President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, of racism saying that migrants are “subdivided” by skin colour and country of origin.
“Refugees are subdivided,” pontificated the 76-year-old pope during a Good Friday interview on Italian television. He also stressed that the West segregates refugees based on their country of origin. A fact which he hinted was the reason Ukrainian refugees have been generally more welcome around the world than those fleeing Africa and countries with “nonwhite” people.
“We are racists, we are racists. And this is bad,” the 266th pope in history lamented on the show.
Francis went on to compare the modern day problem of migrants and refugees from Ukraine to Jesus’s escape into Egypt.
“It’s a bit like the pot calling the kettle black,” says resident Woke Up! Diversity, Equity and Inclusion expert Franklin Moonbeam. “We’re all very aware of the Catholic church’s involvement in the Canadian residential schools system and the unmarked graves. What is the culpability of current day Canadians? Why should they feel guilty? Compassionate, yes but responsible, no. This is classic gaslighting.”
What Is Gaslighting, Anyway?
Gaslighting is an insidious form of manipulation and psychological control, pontificates Moonbeam. Victims of gaslighting are deliberately and systematically fed false information that leads them to question what they know to be true, often about themselves. They may end up doubting their memory, their perception, and even their sanity.
While the Trudeau government hasn’t officially condemned the Catholic church’s role in the historic mistreatment of Canada’s Indigenous Peoples, his brand of divisive Liberalism has led to the removal of any statues of people involved, including, ironically, Egerton Ryerson, the father of public education in Ontario.
Later that same evening, Pope Francis presided over the Stations of the Cross in Rome’s Colosseum. At the fourteenth and final station, the Vatican invited a family of migrants to write and present a reflection for the placing of Christ’s body in the tomb after his crucifixion.
The reflection read: “At home, we were important, but here we are numbers, categories and statistics. And yet we are much more than just migrants. We are persons.”
Special Treatment for Ukraine
Both Trudeau and Biden have bent over backwards to allow Ukrainian refugees into their countries, often bypassing COVID-19 restrictions and other immigration policies. More recently, the Trudeau government secured millions of dollars to help the war efforts in Ukraine, despite the Canadian Indigenous communities still not having clean drinking water.
“The Pope’s message is typical,” says Moonbeam. “At the end of the day they’re all looking out for number one.”
The Vatican has yet to confirm whether St. Volodymyr Zelensky of the False Flag will be canonized.
