How Bill OReilly used religion to fuel fear and his show
By Christopher Hale
April 20 at 2:01 PM
Its ironic that Bill OReilly perhaps the most prominent Catholic conservative on American television was fired the same day he met Pope Francis.
The two occupy different intellectual parts of the Catholic Church, and the television personality has made his disdain for some of the popes positions known.
After Francis derided then-candidate Donald Trumps proposed border wall last year as not Christian, OReilly took to the airwaves to push back on the pope. At the time, he said, I would suggest to Pope Francis, that millions of Americans have been harmed economically by our immigration system which desperately needs reform. I think I could persuade the pope that providing protection and enforcing settled law is certainly not un-Christian.
Its unlikely that OReilly ever got that chance to try to persuade the pope on Wednesday when he briefly shook hands with the pontiff in Rome while on vacation.
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2:15 video at link.