Pope Leo XIV backs U.S. bishops in condemning Trump's immigration sweeps

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Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday strongly affirmed U.S. bishops' message condemning the Trump administration’s immigration sweeps, calling on Individuals to take heed to the migrants and deal with them humanely and with dignity.

The pope was requested concerning the "particular message" the U.S. Convention of Catholic Bishops adopted throughout their common meeting final week in Baltimore.

The bishops blasted President Donald Trump's mass deportation agenda and the "vilification" of migrants, expressing concern over the worry and nervousness immigration raids stoking in communities, in addition to the denial of pastoral care to migrants in detention facilities.

"We're disturbed after we see amongst our individuals a local weather of worry and nervousness round questions of profiling and immigration enforcement," the bishops’ assertion reads. "We're saddened by the state of latest debate and the vilification of immigrants. We're involved concerning the situations in detention facilities and the shortage of entry to pastoral care," reads the bishops' assertion, which additionally opposed "the indiscriminate mass deportation of individuals."

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Pope Leo XIV waves to the devoted after a particular mass for the Jubilee of the poor, in St. Peter's Sq. at The Vatican, Sunday, Nov.16, 2025. (AP)

Leo, the primary American pope, mentioned he appreciated the U.S. bishops' message and inspired Catholics and all individuals of goodwill to take heed to deal with migrants with dignity, even when they're within the nation illegally.

"I believe we've got to search for methods of treating individuals humanely, treating individuals with the dignity that they've," Leo instructed reporters. "If individuals are in the US illegally, there are methods to deal with that. There are courts, there’s a system of justice."

The pope has beforehand urged native bishops to talk out on social justice considerations. Catholic leaders have been criticizing Trump's mass deportation plan, as worry of immigration raids has slashed Mass attendance at some parishes.

Catholic leaders have been criticizing Trump's mass deportation plan, as worry of immigration raids has slashed Mass attendance at some parishes. (Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP/Getty Photos)

The federal authorities earlier this yr reversed a Biden administration directive prohibiting immigration brokers from finishing up raids at delicate areas reminiscent of church buildings, colleges and hospitals.

Leo acknowledged issues with the U.S. migration system, however he emphasised that no person has argued for the U.S. to have open borders and that each nation might select who can enter and the strategies to take action.

"However when individuals are residing good lives, and lots of of them for 10, 15, 20 years, to deal with them in a means that's extraordinarily disrespectful to say the least — and there’s been some violence sadly — I believe that the bishops have been very clear in what they mentioned," he instructed reporters as he left the papal nation home south of Rome.

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The pope mentioned he appreciated the U.S. bishops' message and inspired Catholics and all individuals of goodwill to take heed to deal with migrants with dignity. (Getty Photos)