Clearly, I am not a supporter of Donald Trump, but this week when Pope Francis admonished him by saying Trump was not a Christian because of the wall he wants to build to keep illegal immigrants from coming into America, I kind of bristled.

It is not because I want a wall. I think it just seemed to go against Christian principle for the Pope to judge another man’s heart.

I thought that job was left to God, and I was surprised when the leader of the worldwide Catholic Church singled out a presidential hopeful, especially one as impulsive as Trump.

Honestly, if the Pope wants to rebuke Trump for talk of building a wall intended to keep out the unwanted, he is going to have to reprimand more than just “The Donald” because, unfortunately, there are already walls keeping people out.

They may be invisible walls, but nonetheless they are there, some even within the Church.

Two walls that come to mind are prejudice and exclusivity.

Those two are already so thick and wide that tools for chipping them away have become dull.

Racial tensions still escalate and the disparities between the haves and have nots are growing.

There are times I think we have made headway, but when I look at the race to the White House, it is clear we are a country divided by walls, even divided within both the Republican and Democratic parties.

With the passing of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, there is now a divide in our judiciary system with four conservative judges to four liberal judges. Court decisions may come to a standstill, and both parties have already dug the footings for the wall they say they will stand behind when it comes to the selections of a replacement.

America better watch out because our walls may began to look like the four around a prison cell, isolating us from our own freedoms and making us vulnerable to those who would take advantage of us.

It is time to start screaming at our leaders and demanding they begin reaching across party lines.

I have admired the Pope’s teachings and his forward way of thinking. When he suggested to Trump that we need to build bridges instead of walls, I will agree. I am sorry he did not take his own advice when it came to chiding Trump.

It just goes to show, we all need to be cognizant of judging so we do not get trapped inside walls.