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ESSAY: Pope Leo Calls Out MAGA Christians - You Can't be Pro-life and Ignore Migrant Suffering

ESSAY: Pope Leo Calls Out MAGA Christians - You Can't be Pro-life and Ignore Migrant Suffering

Update: 2025-11-16
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Pope Leo XIV recently made headlines for challenging the moral inconsistency of Christians who claim to be pro-life while supporting the cruel treatment of migrants. As a former Catholic and longtime evangelical pastor, I found his words striking — and convicting.


 
I unpack what Leo said, especially about the Trump administration’s treatment of migrants in Chicago detention centers, and I reflect on the consistent ethic of human life I learned in Catholic school — an ethic that still shapes my worldview today.


 
We’ll also look at how Gaudium et Spes (Vatican II) calls out not just abortion, but every form of dehumanization — from torture and deportation to poverty and racism.
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ESSAY: Pope Leo Calls Out MAGA Christians - You Can't be Pro-life and Ignore Migrant Suffering

ESSAY: Pope Leo Calls Out MAGA Christians - You Can't be Pro-life and Ignore Migrant Suffering

Pat Kahnke