Pope Francis has called both major US presidential candidates “against life” and advised Catholic voters to choose the “lesser evil” when casting their ballots in the November election.
The pontiff said not welcoming migrants – seemingly referring to Trump – is a “grave” sin, and compared Kamala Harris’s stance on abortion to an “assassination”.
“Both are against life, be it the one who kicks out migrants, or be it the one who kills babies,″ the Pope said in rare political comments at a Friday news conference as he wrapped up a 12-day tour through southeast Asia.
The Pope did not refer to Harris or Trump by name in his comments.
The pope told reporters onboard the papal plane both presidential candidates are “against life, be it the one who kicks out migrants or the one who (supports) killing babies,” according to the Associated Press.
Francis, maintaining the stance of the Catholic Church, said “abortion is to kill a human being. You may like the word or not, but it’s killing,” and also condemned anti-immigration policies, saying to abandon migrants is “something terrible, there’s evil there,” CNN reported.
