Brian Laird on WNYC.

On Tuesday show, the day before Passover, we talked about how divided American Jews are

over how Israel is conducting the wars in Lebanon and Gaza. For example, a recent

Washington Post poll found basically a 50-50 split among American Jews on Gaza, and we cited

several local synagogues mentioned in a New Yorker article where the congregations are clearly

and sometimes emotionally divided. Well, it's also Easter

Week, and in Christian America, there are deep divisions too, and probably on no issue more than

immigration and the mass deportation campaign right now. Here's one example. Last year,

while Pope Francis was still alive, he specifically criticized

the Trump administration's immigration crackdown in a paper letter that he released.

And Trump's borders are, Tom Holman, also citing his Catholicism, pushed back.

The audio on this 30-second clip is not great, but I think you'll get it.

Look at how it's worth for the Pope. Pope want to fix the Catholic Church.

I'm saying this is a lifelong Catholic. I'll baptize Catholic. Our first communion is a Catholic,

confirmation of Catholic. He ought to fix the Catholic Church and concentrate on his work

and lead border enforcement to us. He wants to attack us from securing our border.

He's got a wall around the Vatican, does he not?

So he's got a wall around to protect his people and himself,

but we can't have a wrong around the United States.

So I wish he'd stick to the Catholic Church and fix that

and leave border enforcement to us.

Borders are Tom Holman, putting his Catholicism up against the popes in what he himself in that

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