Pope Leo, after Trump critique, urges Catholics to help immigrants


  • World
  • Sunday, 05 Oct 2025

Pope Leo XIV leads Mass for the Jubilee of the Missionary World and Jubilee of Migrants in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, October 5, 2025. REUTERS/Remo Casilli

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Leo urged the world's 1.4 billion Catholics on Sunday to care for immigrants, pressing ahead with a message of welcome for migrants days after criticizing U.S. President Donald Trump's hard-line anti-immigration policies.

Leo, the first U.S. pope, told thousands of pilgrims celebrating Mass in St. Peter's Square that immigrants should not be treated with "the coldness of indifference or the stigma of discrimination".

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