Rome – Pope Francis weighed the options for voters on Friday 2024 US Presidential ElectionBoth Vice President Kamala Harris and her Republican rival, former President Donald Trump, are “anti-life,” the pontiff told reporters on a plane after returning from a marathon trip to Asia.
CBS News asked what advice he would give to a Catholic voter A candidate who supports abortion rights He said there would be another 11 million Migrants were deportedThe Pope said: “They are both anti-life – the one who throws away immigrants and the one who kills children.”
The Pope addressed the topics, both of which featured prominently in the presidential election The debate between Harris and Trump He spoke to reporters Tuesday night on a flight from Singapore to Jakarta, a 12-day, 20,000-mile journey back to Rome. Tour of Asia and the Pacific.
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Asked whether there are any circumstances in which it would be morally permissible for a Catholic to vote for a candidate who supports abortion rights, Francis said, “One has to vote” when considering political morality.
“One must choose the lesser of two evils,” he said. “Which is the lesser of two evils, that lady or that gentleman, I know not.”
Pope Francis said American Catholic voters should examine their consciences and make that decision before going to the polls.
“It must be clear that sending migrants, denying migrants the ability to work, not welcoming migrants is a sin. It is grave,” the Pope said.
Francis said immigration is a right that dates back to biblical times, and noted that the Bible’s Old Testament repeatedly told the people of Israel “the duty to care for the orphan, the widow and the stranger.” , the immigrant.”
Francis reiterated the Catholic Church’s position that abortion is murder.
“The word is murder whether you like it or not. “It’s a massacre, and we have to be clear about it.”
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