He raised no substantive concerns about Trump’s proposals to deport migrants, despite Pope Francis making welcoming migrants a persistent theme of his pontificate.
Simone Risoluti/Vatican Media/ReutersThe different responses point to the challenge facing Pope Francis and the Vatican as it seeks to navigate the second Trump presidency.
Robert Nickelsberg/Getty ImagesTrump and Francis divided on key issuesNevertheless, Trump and Pope Francis’ visions couldn’t be further apart.
While Trump proposes mass deportations of migrants, Francis describes driving migrants away as a “grave sin” and their exclusion “criminal”.
While the Biden administration and the pope had their differences, Francis and the Catholic president had a warm relationship.
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