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Pope Francis has commented his opinion about the upcoming Presidential election in the United states on Friday while declaring that he considered both candidates for the US presidency “against life”, citing Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant policies and Kamala Harris’s support for abortion rights.
“Both are against life. The one who discards migrants and the one who kills children. Both are against life,” Francis told reporters aboard his plane returning to Rome after a 12-day tour of Asia.
“I am not an American and I will not be voting there. But let it be clear: both sending migrants away and not giving migrants the ability to work or welcoming them is a sin, it is serious,” he said.
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Former president Trump has promised to round up illegal immigrants and deport them as he seeks to return to the White House in the looming November election.
He also paved the way for a 2022 US Supreme Court overturning of Roe v Wade, the 1973 ruling that made abortion a national right for women — a right that Harris has pledged to restore.
“One has to choose the lesser of two evils. Who is the lesser evil? That lady or that gentleman? I don’t know. Everyone have to think and make this decision according to their conscience,” Francis said.
In another news, on Sunday, Pope Francis travelled to a secluded community surrounded by jungle in Papua New Guinea. During his visit, he petitioned for an end to violence and he also spoke against the “superstition and magic” that he feels taints the area, which he compared to Eden.
The pontiff, who is 87 years old, arrived in Vanimo, a coastal town a little south of the equator, during his challenging 12-day journey through the Asia-Pacific region.
Despite the stifling tropical heat, the pope wore a traditional Bird of Paradise feathered headdress as a symbol of his commitment to embracing people and places on “the periphery”.
