US EditionPope Leo calls for ‘deep reflection’ about treatment of detained migrants in the United States
- On Tuesday outside Castel Gandolfo, Pope Leo XIV called for `deep reflection` in the United States about the treatment of migrants held in detention.
- Many detained migrants have lived for years and years and years, never causing problems, yet Pope Leo XIV said they are deeply affected and noted labor union leaders from Chicago advocating for immigrants.
- Invoking Matthew's Gospel, he said Pope Leo XIV underlined scripture's question `How did you receive the foreigner, did you receive him and welcome him, or not?` and stressed the Church's role to `preach the Gospel`.
- A journalist pointed to a Nov. 1 incident at a Broadview ICE facility near Chicago where clergy were denied access to detainees, while the US Department of Homeland Security denied rights-violation allegations and Jesuit Father David Inczauskis welcomed the pope's solidarity.
- In the same exchange, Leo also addressed United States-Venezuela tensions and the fragile Middle East ceasefire, linking labour dignity to the Jubilee of the World of Work on Nov. 8 and his trip to Turkey and Lebanon.
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King Don has strangely mused about getting into heaven. Maybe Pope Leo can straighten him out on prepping for Judgment Day: Pope Leo XIV called for “deep reflection” in the United States about the treatment of migrants held in detention, saying that “many people who have lived for years and years and years, never causing problems, have been deeply affected by what is going on right now.” The Chicago-born pope was responding Tuesday to a range of…
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Pope Leo XIV has issued one of his harshest and most direct criticisms of the Trump administration's immigration policy yet.According to BBC News, the pope, speaking to reporters outside the papal retreat at Castel Gandolfo, "said there were people who have lived in the US 'for years and years never...
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Pope Leo XIV calls on Trump Administration to allow detainees in Broadview to receive communion
VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV called on the Trump Administration to allow detainees at the Immigration and Customs Detention Center in Broadview to receive communion, a religious rite that federal authorities have repeatedly denied local clergy from offering. In answer to a direct question about the west suburban facility Tuesday, the Chicago-born Pope told the reporters that the spiritual rights of detainees need to be considered. “I would certai…
Pope Leon called for a "deep reflection" in the United States on the treatment of migrants in detention, saying that "many people who have lived years and years without causing problems have been deeply affected by what is happening here," reports The Guardian.
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