The first American pope leads a church increasingly willing to express disapproval of America’s president. Pope Leo XIV and a few U.S. bishops have recently criticized President Donald Trump’s policies on immigration, with Leo saying “deep reflection” is needed about his home country’s treatment of migrants.

Leo’s recent comments were his “strongest criticism of Trump yet,” said the BBC . Scripture asks, “how did you receive the foreigner, did you receive him and welcome him, or not?” Leo said to journalists. The pope was “obviously talking about the ICE round-ups,” said Catholic historian Austen Ivereigh. Immigration is not an abstract issue for the church. “Many people targeted in the ICE raids are Catholic,” said the BBC.

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