Letters from Leo — the American Pope & US Politics

Letters from Leo — the American Pope & US Politics

Fourth Rebuke in Eight Days: Pope Leo Intensifies Clash with Trump Over Migrants

In his latest rebuke of Trumpism, Pope Leo praises immigrants as “agents of hope” and tells Catholics their faith is tested by how they welcome the stranger.

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Christopher Hale
Oct 09, 2025
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Pope Leo XIV isn’t letting up.

For the fourth time in eight days, the new pontiff has directly challenged President Donald Trump’s treatment of migrants — an unprecedented flurry of papal critique that has escalated tensions with the MAGA movement.

The latest broadside came in a letter Pope Leo sent to Catholic Charities USA’s 115th Annual Meeting this …

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