Pope Francis urges Trump to avoid ‘hatred, discrimination or exclusion’
Vásquez was most recently selected by Francis to oversee the Diocese of Tyler, also in Texas, after he dismissed its former bishop, Joseph Strickland, who had openly accused the pope of being a heretic and called into question the validity of his leadership.
Pope Francis calls Trump’s plans for deportations a ‘disgrace’
This is not the first time the pope has rebuked the president-elect’s position on illegal immigrants. In September 2024, Francis criticized then-candidates Vice President Kamala Harris and Trump when asked a question about the U.S. presidential election. The pope blasted Harris’s position on abortion and Trump’s immigration stance.
Pope Francis calls President Trump's plans of mass deportation of immigrants 'a disgrace'
ROME — Pope Francis said Donald Trump’s plans to impose mass deportations of immigrants would be a “disgrace,” as he weighed in on the incoming U.S. president’s pledges nearly a decade after calling him “not Christian” for wanting to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexican border.
Pope Francis on Monday offered well-wishes to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in a traditional message sent ahead of the ...
Pope Francis extended his prayers and "cordial greetings" to President-elect Trump ahead of his inaugural ceremony Monday ...
Among the orders Trump signed Jan. 20 were a declaration of a national emergency at the southern border and a reinstatement ...
“If it is true, it will be a disgrace, because it makes the poor wretches who have nothing pay the bill for the imbalance,” ...
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