Pope Francis’s letter poses an implicit question to the whole church in the United States: Will we subject our political debates on immigration to the scrutiny of the Gospel or not?

Pope Francis appeared to take a moment to school Vice President JD Vance on a key theological concept in a letter rebuking the Trump administration’s plans for mass deportation. The Latin American pontiff,

Pope Francis called the Trump administration's mass deportations of migrants a 'major crisis' as he warned that it 'will end badly' and accused the immigration crackdown of being 'built on the basis of force,

In a letter to U.S. bishops, the pontiff appeared to take direct aim at Vice President J.D. Vance's defense of the immigration crackdown on theological grounds.

In a letter to American bishops, Francis leveled unusually direct criticism at the administration on an issue he has made central to his papacy.

The U.S. border czar has pushed back against Pope Francis' criticism of the U.S. mass deportation of migrants plan. Tom Homan says Francis should leave border enforcement to his office.