Pope Leo urges respect for migrants, challenging Trump views
Source: Reuters
Pope Leo urges respect for migrants, challenging Trump views
By Philip Pullella
May 16, 2025 7:05 AM EDT Updated 13 hours ago
VATICAN CITY, May 16 (Reuters) - U.S.-born Pope Leo XIV, in his first address to world diplomats, said on Friday that the dignity of migrants had to be respected, possibly putting himself on a collision course with the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump.
The pope, who was born in Chicago but lived for many years in Peru as a missionary, said his own background made him feel compelled to call for compassion and solidarity with those seeking a better life in other countries.
"My own story is that of a citizen, the descendant of immigrants, who in turn chose to emigrate," he told ambassadors at the Vatican.
"All of us, in the course of our lives, can find ourselves healthy or sick, employed or unemployed, living in our native land or in a foreign country, yet our dignity always remains unchanged. It is the dignity of a creature willed and loved by God," he added.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/pope-leo-tells-diplomats-dignity-migrants-must-be-respected-2025-05-16/
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