Pope Francis Invokes Open Ports: “When I Hear Populists They Remind Me of Hitler and Mussolini”

So now anyone who wants to protect our Græco-Roman Catholic civilisation and culture is a Nazi or a Fascist? 

From Libero Quotidiano (In Italian)

(Translated by Google)

Today's populist leaders such as Hitler and Mussolini in the 1930s. Pope Francis never quotes him, but in his homily the reference to Matteo Salvini also seems evident. From Bari, to close the summit promoted by the CEI, the Pope reminds us that "welcoming by raising walls is unthinkable". Clear message to those who, like Lega and Fratelli d'Italia, strenuously oppose in Italy the policies of "open ports" without if and without but. And compare the speeches of the new populist leaders with those of the totalitarianisms of the 1930s.

"We never accept that those who seek hope by sea die without receiving help or that those who come from afar become victims of sexual exploitation, are underpaid or hired by the mafias". Those who arrive, therefore, cannot receive a "superficial", but "sincere and benevolent" welcome, practiced at every level, on the level of interpersonal relationships as well as on the political and institutional level. "Hospitality and dignified integration are stages of a difficult process; however, it is unthinkable to be able to face it by raising walls". "It frightens me - here is Bergoglio's most significant passage - when I listen to some speeches by some leaders of the new forms of populism, it frightens me to hear speeches that sowed fear and hate" which "reminds me of the speeches that were heard over the years' 30 of the last century ".