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El Paso bishop brings Pope Leo XIV desperate letters from migrants in crosshairs of US crackdown
Pope Leo XIV called on U.S. bishops to support immigrant families facing fear and family separations amid aggressive enforcement by federal agents, according to Bishop Mark Seitz.
- On Oct 8, Pope Leo told U.S. bishops to firmly address immigrant treatment under President Donald Trump's hardline policies, with El Paso Bishop Mark Seitz stressing the pope's personal concern.
- El Paso Bishop Mark Seitz brought letters and a video from immigrant families describing terror and fear, including `They are afraid to shop, to go to church and so they stay home,` to Pope Leo in Vatican City Wednesday.
- U.S. church leaders point to raids that detained U.S. citizens, legal migrants and children, while Chicago agents stormed apartments by helicopter, used chemical agents near a school and arrested a city councilman in hospital.
- The Vatican has so far refused to comment while Pope Leo vowed `I will stand with you` to migrants, and White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt rejected the comments.
- In recent weeks, Pope Leo has ramped up criticism and on September 30 questioned whether Trump’s anti-immigration policies align with the Church’s pro-life teachings.
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Leon, the first U.S. pope, received dozens of letters from immigrants during the meeting describing fears of deportation under Trump's government measures
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Pope Leo tells US bishops to address Trump’s immigration crackdown
VATICAN CITY (Reuters): Pope Leo told US bishops visiting him at the Vatican on Wednesday that they should firmly address how immigrants are being treated by President Donald Trump’s hardline policies, attendees said, in the latest push by the pontiff on the issue. Leo, the first US pope, was handed dozens of letters from immigrants describing their fears of deportation under the Trump administration’s policies during the meeting, which included…
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