The Pope never said that. For a group of people who pride ourselves on spotting fake news, many here are for some reason always more than ready to pounce on fakery against the Pope.
The Pope was talking about arms manufacturers and dealers who provide weapons for armed conflicts without regard to the morality of the wars themselves. Even in that context all he said was that those manufacturers claiming a Christian worldview creates distrust of Christianity (it does) and that if you knowingly and carelessly make money off of something immoral like that, you are guilty of hypocrisy (you are).
His comments had nothing, whatsoever, to do with gun ownership or 2A.
You've answered your own question: the fact that Vatican City has military forces establishes that the Pope is most definitely not saying that literally anyone who owns a gun, or purchases one for the point of owning it, can't be a Christian. He is referring, clearly, to people who manufacture weapons without regard to the morality of how they will be used, and those who invest in their distribution without care as to who they hurt. This has literally nothing to do with the completely licit, moral, and in some cases required use of weapons for legitimate and necessary purposes, which is clearly established in Catholic teaching and which the Pope obviously does not condemn because he has the Swiss Guard.
The actual context of his comments, alone, should tell you that he isn't talking about what you're alleging. He went on in the same speech to ask why the allies didn't bomb the rail lines to the holocaust sites. That would be a use of weapons. Weapons that would have had to have been manufactured and paid for. So no, he is not saying that anyone who makes weapons, owns them, or funds the same is a hypocrite. He's talking about actual hypocrites who claim to be Christians and then feel no moral reservation about manufacturing weapons that are used for illicit purposes.
With regard border walls, he also didn't say that anyone supporting the building of the border wall isn't a Christian. What he said was that he believes--based on the history of things like the Berlin Wall--that walls are not the correct way to "defend territories" because they bring "headaches and suffering." What he actually said Christians "can't" (meaning, ought not) do is support separating parents from their children, because it goes against "natural law" and is "cruel." Since we know that it is not the Trump policy to separate families, there is no issue. If it were Trump's actual policy to separate families without reason, then that would be wrong. The Pope isn't a clairvoyant...he knows about the policies only that which he is told. But his moral prescription here is right.
As to the Pope being the Antichrist...the Pope is not Antichrist. Not least of all because the Bible tells you that the Antichrist is he who "denies that Jesus has come in the flesh." Whatever your opinions on the Pope's (supposed) positions on guns, the Pope certainly doesn't deny this fact. With regard to being "in bed" with the Chinese Communist Party, that would be very difficult since professing to be a communist can result in excommunication from the Catholic Church and even voting for parties which claim to be Christian but support communism in other ways is prohibited. Here's what the Vatican's own official website says about communism:
"Communism is intrinsically wrong, and no one who would save Christian civilization may collaborate with it in any undertaking whatsoever."
That the Catholic Church tries to work with the national government of China in order to provide for the liturgical and spiritual needs of Chinese Catholics in the best way that is practicable is no more an indication that it supports Communism than the fact that it works with the US government is an indication that it supports Planned Parenthood. Time will tell if the current, controversial arrangements prove fruitful. It is possible that they won't, but being "in bed with communists" has nothing to do with it.
That is all I’m going to say about the topic. I hope you had a great Thanksgiving.
The Pope never said that. For a group of people who pride ourselves on spotting fake news, many here are for some reason always more than ready to pounce on fakery against the Pope.
The Pope was talking about arms manufacturers and dealers who provide weapons for armed conflicts without regard to the morality of the wars themselves. Even in that context all he said was that those manufacturers claiming a Christian worldview creates distrust of Christianity (it does) and that if you knowingly and carelessly make money off of something immoral like that, you are guilty of hypocrisy (you are).
His comments had nothing, whatsoever, to do with gun ownership or 2A.
This should get to the top.
You've answered your own question: the fact that Vatican City has military forces establishes that the Pope is most definitely not saying that literally anyone who owns a gun, or purchases one for the point of owning it, can't be a Christian. He is referring, clearly, to people who manufacture weapons without regard to the morality of how they will be used, and those who invest in their distribution without care as to who they hurt. This has literally nothing to do with the completely licit, moral, and in some cases required use of weapons for legitimate and necessary purposes, which is clearly established in Catholic teaching and which the Pope obviously does not condemn because he has the Swiss Guard.
The actual context of his comments, alone, should tell you that he isn't talking about what you're alleging. He went on in the same speech to ask why the allies didn't bomb the rail lines to the holocaust sites. That would be a use of weapons. Weapons that would have had to have been manufactured and paid for. So no, he is not saying that anyone who makes weapons, owns them, or funds the same is a hypocrite. He's talking about actual hypocrites who claim to be Christians and then feel no moral reservation about manufacturing weapons that are used for illicit purposes.
With regard border walls, he also didn't say that anyone supporting the building of the border wall isn't a Christian. What he said was that he believes--based on the history of things like the Berlin Wall--that walls are not the correct way to "defend territories" because they bring "headaches and suffering." What he actually said Christians "can't" (meaning, ought not) do is support separating parents from their children, because it goes against "natural law" and is "cruel." Since we know that it is not the Trump policy to separate families, there is no issue. If it were Trump's actual policy to separate families without reason, then that would be wrong. The Pope isn't a clairvoyant...he knows about the policies only that which he is told. But his moral prescription here is right.
As to the Pope being the Antichrist...the Pope is not Antichrist. Not least of all because the Bible tells you that the Antichrist is he who "denies that Jesus has come in the flesh." Whatever your opinions on the Pope's (supposed) positions on guns, the Pope certainly doesn't deny this fact. With regard to being "in bed" with the Chinese Communist Party, that would be very difficult since professing to be a communist can result in excommunication from the Catholic Church and even voting for parties which claim to be Christian but support communism in other ways is prohibited. Here's what the Vatican's own official website says about communism:
"Communism is intrinsically wrong, and no one who would save Christian civilization may collaborate with it in any undertaking whatsoever."
That the Catholic Church tries to work with the national government of China in order to provide for the liturgical and spiritual needs of Chinese Catholics in the best way that is practicable is no more an indication that it supports Communism than the fact that it works with the US government is an indication that it supports Planned Parenthood. Time will tell if the current, controversial arrangements prove fruitful. It is possible that they won't, but being "in bed with communists" has nothing to do with it.
That is all I’m going to say about the topic. I hope you had a great Thanksgiving.