Response to The Pope’s Comments Regarding Abortion,
Illegal Immigration, and The Death Penalty
By Peter Michael Hall
Pope Leo XIV recently made comments regarding the pro-life movement,
abortion, and the death penalty that displayed shocking hypocrisy and ignorance.
Per a recent NPR article The Pope stated "Someone who says I'm against
abortion but is in favor of the death penalty is not really pro-life,"
Pope Leo said. "And someone who says I'm against abortion but I'm in
agreement with the inhuman treatment of immigrants in the United States, I
don't know if that's pro-life."
Giangrave, Claire, and Daniel Burke. "Pope Leo XIV Says
'Inhuman Treatment of Immigrants' in the U.S. Isn't 'Pro-Life'." NPR,
1 Oct. 2025, 5:53 p.m., www.npr.org.
This comment would be bad enough coming from anybody; but
when it comes from The Pope, The Supreme Leader of The Catholic Church; and The
Holy Emissary of God on Earth, it shows a shocking and disgusting amount of
ignorance, and even disregard for The Holy Bible which is the foundation of The
Catholic Church; and the rest of The Christian Faith.
I really don’t
want to hear morality lectures from The Pope regarding issues like illegal
immigration, the death penalty, or abortion, especially because he takes a pot
shot at the pro-life movement by tying it to issues that it has no connection
to.
If The Pope
cares so much about immigrants, refugees, etc, why doesn’t he open up the walls
of The Vatican City? Why doesn’t The Catholic Church use it’s vast amount of
wealth, and political influence to help displaced people find new safe and
hospitable homes? Instead all they’re doing is sermonizing, and criticizing
countries like The United States of America when they’re trying to resolve a
serious problem that’s happening within their sovereign borders; and negatively
impacting the lives of their tax paying, law abiding citizens.
As I mentioned
earlier The Pope’s comments displayed a gross amount of ignorance and disregard
of The Holy Bible; Jesus himself said only thieves and robbers break in by
force, or sneak in instead of coming through the front door. (John 10:1.)
Granted his statement was concerning himself and his flock of sheep, and those
who would try to mislead them; but the principle behind his words can be
applied to people illegally entering a sovereign country’s borders; breaking
and entering into a house, etc.
Jesus also
declared that he is the way to his Father, and that nobody may get to The
Father but through him. (John 14:6.) Again his statement was about himself
being the only way to get to God The Father; but the principle behind his words
can be applied to topics like immigration. There’s a right way and a wrong way
to enter a sovereign country; and those who enter it the wrong way should be
dispelled; and sovereign countries get to decide who can come in, who can’t,
who can stay, anf who has to go.
Also while The
Bible commands us to be kind and hospitable to foreigners, it does so on the
condition that said foreigners follow
the law, and assimilate as much as possible
Exodus 12:48-49
NIV [48] “A foreigner residing among you who wants to celebrate the Lord’s
Passover must have all the males in his household circumcised; then he may take
part like one born in the land. No uncircumcised male may eat it. [49] The same
law applies both to the native-born and to the foreigner residing among you.”
Leviticus
24:20-22 NIV [20] “fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. The one
who has inflicted the injury must suffer the same injury. [21] Whoever kills an
animal must make restitution, but whoever kills a human being Is to be put to
death. [22] You are to have the same law for the foreigner and the native-born.
I am the Lord your God.”
The Pope’s
comparison of abortion and the death penalty was the most disgustingly ignorant
thing he said. “And someone who says I’m
against abortion but I’m in agreement with the inhuman treatment of immigrants
in the United States, I don’t know if that’s pro-life.”
How The Pope
doesn’t know or conveniently forgets that God established The Death Penalty is
completely beyond me. Also abortion and The Death Penalty cannot in good
conscience and logical reasoning be compared; one is the murder of unborn
children, the other is the lawful execution of legally convicted criminals.
Their executions are only wrong if they are actually innocent of the crimes
they were accused and convicted of.
The Pope needs
to do some serious restudying of The Holy Scriptures and seriously reevaluate
his thoughts before he publicly criticizes sovereign leaders who are lawfully
executing and upholding established laws for the good of their nations and
people
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