September 13, (THEWILL) – Pope Francis, on Friday, slammed both former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris ahead of the US presidential election.
He described the choice US voters must make in the presidential election as one between the “lesser of two evils”, deeming Trump’s anti-migrant policies and Harris’ support of abortion rights as both evil.
“One must choose the lesser of two evils. Who is the lesser of two evils? That lady or that gentleman? I don’t know. Everyone with a conscience should think on this and do it,” said Francis, urging voters to reflect on the matter carefully and vote according to their conscience.
THEWILL reports that the Argentine Jesuit expressed this concern when asked to offer guidance to American Catholic voters during a press conference held aboard his flight back to Rome, following his four-nation tour of Asia.
This is not the first time Francis has weighed in on a US election. Earlier, during the run for the 2016 election, Pope was questioned about Donald Trump’s proposal to build a wall along the US-Mexican border. At the time, Francis stated that anyone who constructs a wall to block migrants “is not Christian”.
Speaking on Friday, Francis again described Trump’s immigration policies as “evil”.
“To send migrants away, to leave them wherever you want, to leave them… it’s something terrible, there is evil there,” he said.
The clergy also maintained the official stance of the church that abortion is a grave sin and slammed Harris for backing reproductive rights that approve “assassination”.
“To send away a child from the womb of the mother is an assassination because there is life. We must speak about these things clearly,” he added.
