Pope Leo Slams Trump Over Chicago Crackdown
In blunt words on Operation Midway Blitz, Pope Leo XIV invokes Matthew 25, reminding a nation in the throes of mass deportations that Christ himself will ask: How did you receive the foreigner?
On Tuesday, Pope Leo XIV, the Chicago native who has watched his hometown become ground zero for the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, called for “deep reflection” on how migrants are being treated in America. But the papal restraint in that language belies something far more pointed and personal: a theological indictment wrapped in the gentlest possible words.