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By JASON HOROWITZAPRIL 19, 2017
ROME — Bill O’Reilly, the powerful Fox News host forced out of his prime-time position on Wednesday amid a barrage of sexual harassment allegations, spent the morning of his firing
briefly meeting Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square during the pontiff’s weekly general audience, shaking hands with a religious leader he once lectured over immigration.
In remarks that appeared aimed at Donald J. Trump, who had pledged to build a wall at the border with Mexico, Francis said:
“A person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be, and not building bridges, is not Christian.”
Days later, on his television show, Mr. O’Reilly, who has been a prominent booster of Mr. Trump, said: “The pope.
On a chilly morning at the Vatican, Francis circled the piazza in his popemobile
and spoke to the faithful about how happiness and joy can grow where everyone thinks there is only “sadness, defeat and shadow.”
“God makes his most beautiful flowers bloom amid the most arid rocks,” Francis said.