(Part one of two)  The Vatican’s Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin . . . was also asked a statement Francis made in February, when the pontiff questioned Trump's Christianity and said his plan to build a wall across the entire U.S.-Mexican border has no basis in the Gospel.  “On specific themes, we will see how individual choices go and on the basis of those will give a judgment,” the cardinal responded. “It seems premature to give judgments.”—Joshua J. McElwee

“God is our refuge and our strength, an ever-present help in distress.  Therefore, we fear not, though the earth be shaken and mountains plunge into the depths of the sea” (Psalm 46:2-3).

“Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up . . . the temple of his Body,” (John 2:19), in this case the Faithful, Mystical Body of Christ in the United States.