Pope Leo XIV applauded a video message on immigration we shared on FB last week from the US Bishops (The video and letter from the bishops took a stance to reject mass expulsions, expressing concern for the situation in the country, and reaffirming that national security and the protection of human dignity are not incompatible – as reported by Vatican News).
“I would like to invite all Catholics—and also people of good will—to listen carefully to what they have said. I believe we must seek ways of treating people with humanity, with the dignity that is theirs,” he said.
“If someone is in the United States illegally, there are ways to address this. There are courts. There is a judicial system. I believe there are many problems in the system. No one has said that the United States should have open borders,” the Pope noted, adding, “I think every country has the right to determine who enters, how, and when.”
However, he added, “when people have lived good lives—many of them for 10, 15, 20 years—treating them in a way that is, to say the least, extremely disrespectful, and with instances of violence, is troubling.”
Concluding, Pope Leo said: “The bishops have been very clear. I would simply invite all Americans to listen to them.”
Read the article and hear Pope Leo’s YouTube video message at: