Pope Francis criticizes Trump and Harris over “anti-life” policies

“Both are against life, be it the one who kicks out migrants or the one who [supports] killing babies,” Francis reportedly told journalists during a press conference aboard his papal plane. “Both are against life.”

He argued that Scripture says migration is a right and that anyone who doesn’t welcome a stranger is committing a “grave sin.” In 2016, Francis said Trump’s plans to build a border wall was “not Christian.”

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Meanwhile, Francis said Friday that to have an abortion is to “kill a human being.”

“You may like the word or not, but it’s killing,” he said. “We have to see this clearly.”

Harris, if elected, hopes to sign a bill protecting abortion nationwide.

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“One should vote, and choose the lesser evil,” Francis said when asked what American Catholics should do. “Who is the lesser evil, the woman or man? I don’t know.”

“Everyone in their conscience should think and do it,” he said.

The U.S. bishops conference has designated abortion as the “preeminent priority” for American Catholic voters this cycle.