Pope Leo XIV reaffirms the Catholic Church’s position on only two genders and marriage as a union between a man and a woman. Photo courtesy of Vatican Media.Pope Leo XIV is stepping up his quiet yet deliberate campaign against President Trump’s deportation agenda.The Pontiff, who was elected back in May as the first-ever American Pope, began by criticizing the administration’s commitment to carrying out the mass deportation of illegal aliens.“Many people who’ve lived for years and years and years, never causing problems, have been deeply affected by what’s going on right now,” Leo complained“The spiritual rights of people who have been detained should also be considered, and I would certainly invite the authorities to allow pastoral workers to attend to the needs of those people.”“Many times they’ve been separated from their families for a good amount of time,” he continued.”No one knows what’s happening, but their own spiritual needs should be attended to.”Womp womp womp…Pope Leo says America needs deep reflection on how Illegal aliens are treated in the US — “You’re supposed to receive and welcome the foreigner.”Sorry Mr. Pope… you’re wrong.Scripture commands submission to LAWFUL authority (Rom 13:1–7). Illegal entry… pic.twitter.com/qIlnsitD2p— MJTruthUltra (@MJTruthUltra) November 5, 2025Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Leo also weighed in on the recent airstrikes against Venezuelan drug vessels and reports that the U.S. may be on the verge of trying to remove the Maduro regime from power.“I believe violence never brings victory,” he remarked.“The key is to seek dialogue, to find fair ways to resolve the problems that may exist within countries.”While not as overtly political as his predecessor Pope Francis, Leo has repeatedly taken not-so-subtle swipes at Trump and the Republican Party platform.Leo recently urged pilgrims to welcome the 10 million illegal aliens welcomed into America under Joe Biden as part of a “new missionary age.”He went on to urge Catholics to “open our arms and hearts to them, welcoming them as brothers and sisters, and being for them a presence of consolation and hope.”“In the communities of ancient Christian tradition, such as those of the West, the presence of many brothers and sisters from the world’s South should be welcomed as an opportunity, through an exchange that renews the face of the Church,” he said at the time.Pope Leo Offers Another Jibe at Trump Over Deportations — Urges Catholics to Embrace Open Borders Under ‘New Missionary Age’/*! This file is auto-generated */!function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i