Pope Francis’ Assault on America’s ‘Wall’ Separating Church and State

In 1960, Democratic presidential nominee Jack Kennedy had to contend with fears that, as a Roman Catholic, he would take orders from the Pope. Today, the incumbent Pope has begun dictating to this year’s candidates, lest they be stripped of their professed Christian faith.

During a trip this week to Mexico, Pope Francis injected himself into our political affairs again and again. He is asserting religious authority to impose his now-unmistakably radical leftist, liberation theology-driven agenda on America.

Particularly striking was the Pope’s harsh denunciation of the sort of pledge made by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump to build a wall at the U.S.-Mexican border.

In so doing, Pope Francis has clearly sought to breach another “wall” – our figurative, but time-tested one separating church and state. John Kennedy himself declared that such a separation must be “absolute.” Indeed, it must.