Pontiff said that mass deportation policy adopted by Trump contradicts pro-life values
Pope Leo 14 criticized US President Donald Trump’s migratory policy. The statement was given in an interview with journalists at the Vatican on Tuesday (30.Set.2025).
A journalist of questioning the American pontiff about the decision of Cardinal Blase Cupich of granting the award ‘Keep Hope Alive‘Senator Dick Durbin (Democratic Party) of Illinois. The choice was criticized by Durbin to defend legal abortion, but the senator to receive the tribute.
Leo 14 said he was not familiar with the specific case, but stressed the importance of considering the 40 years of dedication of the parliamentarian to the United States. He classified as “Inhuman” the way immigrants have been treated in the country and stated that this type of conduct “It’s not pro-life”.
He also stated that there was contradiction between those who oppose abortion, but defends the death penalty or mass deportation of foreigners.
In Statement to the Portal , Vice-owner Abigail Jackson said President Trump “Hold the promise made to the American people” by adopting strict measures against irregular immigration. She stated that republican migratory politics “Keep the US safer”.
The president has also advocated the death penalty in cases of murder in the capital Washington, DC, despite the prohibition in force in the region.
This is the complete and translated speech of Pope Leo 14:
“I am not very familiar with the particular case. I think it is very important to analyze the general work that a senator did during, if I am not mistaken, 40 years of service in the Senate of the United States. I understand the difficulty and tensions, but I think, as I said in the past, it is important to analyze many issues related to what church teaching is.
“Someone who says they are against abortion, but in favor of the death penalty, is not really pro-life. Similarly, someone who says they are against abortion, but agrees with the inhuman treatment of immigrants in the United States, I don’t know if it is pro-life. Therefore, they are very complex issues.
“I don’t know if anyone has all the truth about them, but I would ask, in 1st, that there was a greater mutual respect and that we fetch together, both as human beings, in this case as American citizens or citizens of the state of Illinois, as well as Catholics, to say that we really need to examine all these ethical issues and find the way to follow as a church.” Church teaching is very clear. “
