Pope Leo's new US bishops are critics of Trump's migrant crackdown


FILE PHOTO: Pope Leo XIV holds an audience for the Jubilee in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican, December 20, 2025. REUTERS/Vincenzo Livieri/File Photo

VATICAN CITY, Dec 22 (Reuters) - Most of Pope Leo's appointments ‌for Catholic bishops in the U.S. have called for better treatment of immigrants in the country, in a trend that may shape how the national Church ‌responds to the Trump administration's divisive anti-immigration policies.

At least ten of the 13 selections made to date by Leo, including the new Archbishop of New ‌York, announced on Thursday to replace the leading conservative Cardinal Timothy Dolan, have spoken publicly on the issue.

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