Pope Leo criticizes 'inhuman' treatment of immigrants in US

Source: Reuters

Pope Leo criticizes 'inhuman' treatment of immigrants in US

By Joshua McElwee
Tue, September 30, 2025 at 4:37 PM EDT
2 min read

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Leo on Tuesday appeared to offer his strongest criticism yet of U.S. President Donald Trump's hardline immigration policies, questioning whether they were in line with the Catholic Church's pro-life teachings.

"Someone who says I am against abortion but I am in agreement with the inhuman treatment of immigrants in the United States, I don't know if that's pro-life," the pontiff told journalists outside his residence in Castel Gandolfo.

The Catholic Church's position that life is sacred from conception until natural death is one of the 1.4-billion-member denomination's strongest teachings.

Leo, the first U.S. pope, was responding to a question from a U.S. journalist who asked about the country's politics.

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