{"id":52687,"date":"2025-01-20T14:16:03","date_gmt":"2025-01-20T14:16:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/pope-francis-speaks-out-against-trump-s-immigrants-deportation-plans\/"},"modified":"2025-01-20T14:15:57","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T14:15:57","slug":"pope-francis-speaks-out-against-trump-s-immigrants-deportation-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/pope-francis-speaks-out-against-trump-s-immigrants-deportation-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Francis speaks out against Trump\u2019s immigrants\u2019 deportation plans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Speaking on the Italian talk show Che Tempo Che Fa, AP has reported, Francis expressed concern about the impact such policies would have on vulnerable immigrants. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf true, this will be a disgrace because it makes the poor wretches who have nothing pay the bill for the problem. This won\u2019t do!\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>In a telegram sent on Trump\u2019s inauguration day, Francis prayed for America to remain a &#8220;land of opportunity&#8221; and urged for a society free of hatred and exclusion.<\/p>\n<p>Trump, who prioritized deportations during his campaign, faced criticism from U.S. Catholic leaders. <\/p>\n<p>Cardinal Robert McElroy, incoming Archbishop of Washington D.C., said such policies contradict Catholic teachings about welcoming the stranger. <\/p>\n<p>Similarly, Chicago Cardinal Blas\u00e9 Cupich described the plans as \u201cprofoundly disturbing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pope Francis has consistently championed the rights and dignity of migrants, asserting that their protection outweighs national security concerns. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-80472\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/popp-a9728-ef13b-2.jpg\" alt=\"Pope Francis has criticized the incoming U.S. President Donald Trump&#039;s plans for mass deportation of immigrants.\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pope Francis has criticized the incoming U.S. President Donald Trump&#8217;s plans for mass deportation of immigrants, describing them as &#8220;a disgrace&#8221; and urging America to uphold its values as a welcoming and inclusive nation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":2000080473,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-52687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000080473,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/popp-a9728-ef13b-2.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/popp-a9728-ef13b-2.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/popp-a9728-ef13b-2.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/popp-a9728-ef13b-2.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/popp-a9728-ef13b-2.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/popp-a9728-ef13b-2.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52687"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52687\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000080473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52687"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=52687"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=52687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}