I hate to be the one to tell you this kiwibrother, but the Jesus himself literally advocated sacrificing at least all of your material wealth to give to the poor:
I dont know if you're being ignorant, or intentionally obtuse, but lets dissect these one by one
> Mark 10
Commonly called "The Rich Young Ruler", this story refers to a man who comes to Jesus asking what he must do to be a follower. He tells Jesus that has followed the law. Jesus then remarks, that to follow him, the young man must give up all his possessions. The young man, then turns away disappointed.
Jesus then elaborates on the former incident saying "How hard it will be for those who are wealthy to enter the kingdom of God!"
Note here he does not state that his followers should have no posessions, he instead commanded that young man to give up his, which he would obviously not do. Then Jesus elaborates on that, saying how
hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God. We are supposed to make following Christ top priority, and everything else beneath that. If one is
unwilling to give up their posessions to follow Christ, then that shows that Jesus is not their top priority, which is what the story of the rich young ruler is meant to show. Jesus tells us how
hard, not impossible, but hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God. We can extrapolate, both from common sense (as rationality is from God, and God is a rational being) and from the preceding story, that the rich, by the nature of having many possessions of of high value, quality, and quantity, will be tempted to make those things a top priority, a place their trust in those instead of Christ.
> Luke 14
This is a cultural element of the day (and if you live in the south, modern day as well) of dinner and hospitality practices. In that day, it was expected that when you had guests, you would feed and entertain them, and the expectation was that they would do the same for you in turn as repayment. Jesus instead tells us, that our hospitality should be offered to those who cannot repay us in turn. That our hospitality should be out of a love for people and to serve God, and not so that we could go to our friends house next week to be visitors there.
> Luke 14
This is essentially expansion on the fundamental principle of Mark 10 above: Jesus must come before everything else. He doesn't literally want you to hate your family (love thy father and mother) nor does he want you hate your existence (for you are fearfully and wonderfully made) rather, He is stating that He must come before your family, and come before your own life. He calls the crowd to pick up their cross (a more apt modern day description might be to charge their own electric chair), that they should follow him, even though it can be hard and painful. He then moves to explain the literal cost, for the crowd to take into account what they stand to lose and gain by following Christ. Finally once again, the call is not to literally give away all your posessions, but that God should come before them, and that if you must give them away for whatever reason (that he calls you to) you should do so, as Christ is the priority.
verses like these can easily be extrapolated (by the Christian mind) to say that you should allow rapefugees into your country even if it has a catastrophic effect on the quality of life of your citizens, because it is a noble sacrifice.
Maybe some weirdo progressives, but generally that is not what Biblical scholarship says. Especially in Paul's letters, many of the principles of generosity are applied
within the church and not to everyone in general. Emphasis is placed on the church and what it can do, and not a state body. This is one thing where the catholic church (sorry guys, not gonna capitalize the c), has done amazing works for the progression of the Gospel. The push has been for centuries to send missionaries, and help the downtrodden peoples of other nations where they are, not to bring those peoples here.
I personally do not agree, but I can't really harsh the Pope - the guy who purports to be the successor to Saint Peter himself - for saying shit that is consistent with Jesus' teachings, even if it comes off as reactionary anti-Trump politisperging.
It appears as consistent because you do not understand what you're reading. It likely
is politisperging. The south american catholics are known for being highly liberal, and this reaction is likely an extension of that.
