GOP presidential candidates hold town hall

February 19, 2016 08:42

Jeb Bush and John Kasich refused to be drawn into the war of words between Donald Trump and Pope Francis on Thursday.

At CNN's South Carolina Republican town hall, Kasich simply said he was "pro-Pope."

The Ohio governor was responding to a question about comments in which Francis said Trump is "not Christian" if he wants to deport undocumented immigrants and build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.

"This man has brought more sense of hope and more about the do's in life than the don'ts," Kasich said, referring to the Pope. "This guy has been so humble."

Bush, who is a devout Catholic, didn't criticize the Pope's comments. But he said he personally wouldn't "question people's Christianity."

"I think that's a relationship they have with their Lord and savior and themselves. So I just don't think it's appropriate to question Donald Trump's faith," Bush said. "He knows what his faith is."

Trump will appear at the town hall later in the evening. At a rally earlier in the day at Kiawah Island, South Carolina, he said the Pope's statement was "disgraceful."

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