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 has written a sweeping letter to the U.S. bishops decrying the "major crisis" triggered by President Donald Trump's mass deportation plans and explicitly rejecting Vice President JD Vance's attempts to use Catholic theology to justify the administration's immigration crackdown.

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

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.

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.