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 ...

Pope Francis has issued a warning to the Trump administration over its policy of mass deportations, arguing that such actions strip migrants of their dignity and "will end badly." Francis made the ...

Pope Francis has rebuked the Trump administration over its planned mass deportation of migrants, warning that such a policy “will end badly”. In a letter to US bishops, the Catholic leader said that ...

U.S. Vice President JD Vance met briefly with Pope Francis on Sunday to exchange Easter greetings, after they got into a long-distance tangle over the Trump administration's migrant deportation plans.

In a rare statement, the bishops framed the immigration crisis in starkly moral terms. “We feel compelled now in this environment to raise our voices in defense of God-given human dignity,” they said.

The pope conveyed the message as President Trump escalated his deportation campaign, including in Chicago, the pope’s hometown. By Elizabeth Dias and Elisabetta Povoledo In his nascent papacy, Pope ...