The last months of Pope Francis’ lives have been marked by harsh criticism of immigration policy adopted by the US government during Donald Trump’s term. The death of the Catholic leader was confirmed on the morning of Monday (21).
In a February letter to US bishops, the Pope made a striking criticism of Trump’s treatment to immigrants, stating that “the act of deporting people who, in many cases, left their own land for reasons of extreme poverty, insecurity, exploitation, persecution or severe deterioration of the environment, hurts the dignity of many men and women.”
United States Vice President Jd Vance, who converted to Catholicism in 2019, recognized the Pope’s criticism at the National Catholic Prayer breakfast at the end of that month.
“As you have probably seen publicly, the Holy Father, Pope Francis, criticized some of our policies regarding immigration,” said the vice president.
“Once again, my goal here is not litigating with him or any other clergy member about who is right and who is wrong. You obviously know my opinions and I will talk to them consistently, because I believe I need to do this because it serves the best interests of the American people.”
The vice president and the Pope met briefly on Easter Sunday, hours before the death of the pontiff.
Although Vance’s meeting with the Pope had a friendly, the vice president also met high Vatican officials on Saturday (19)-a meeting that was described by the Vatican as including a “exchange of opinions.”
The Vatican stated that there was an exchange of opinions on issues related to migrants, refugees and prisoners.
This content was originally published in its last months, Francisco criticized Trump’s immigration policy on the CNN Brazil website.
Source: CNN Brasil

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