Controversial comments of Pope Francis about the US elections.
According to the Guardian, Pope Francis, the leader of the world Catholics, criticized the plan of Donald Trump, the Republican candidate in the 2024 US presidential election, to deport millions of refugees and the plan of the Democratic candidate, Kamala Harris, to support abortion, and called on the American people to “defeat the devil.” Select “smaller”.
Returning from Singapore to Rome, Pope Francis said about the US presidential election that “not accepting immigrants is a great sin” and described abortion as “murder”.
Without elaborating, he asked American Catholics to choose the “lesser evil” when they vote on November 5th.
Although Pope Francis did not name Trump and Harris, he specifically mentioned their policies and, despite criticizing both candidates, said that Catholics should vote, adding: “Not voting is ugly and not the right thing to do.” You must vote. You must choose the lesser evil and the lesser devil. Which is the lesser evil? That woman or that man? I don’t know Everyone should refer to their conscience and think and then choose.
American Catholics, who make up approximately 52 million of the US population, are often considered the deciding vote in swing states. In some states, including Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, more than 20 percent of adults are Catholic.
Francis, who is the leader of about 1.4 billion Catholics worldwide, is usually cautious about his comments in political elections but has always criticized abortion, which is forbidden in Catholic teaching, in the strongest terms. During the 2016 election, he said that in his opinion Trump is not a Christian, and in his recent statements, he also said that the policies of both current candidates in the US elections are “against life”.
He said: “Whether the one who seeks to expel immigrants or the one who kills children, both are anti-life.”