While aboard the papal plane on his way back to Rome, Pope Francis held a news conference to share with Catholic Americans that both major presidential candidates are deeply flawed and that he cannot determine which one would be less harmful.
“One must choose the lesser of two evils,” Francis said. “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.”
Pope Francis never mentioned the names of either former President Donald Trump or Vice President Kamala Harris, but he was clear in saying that Harris’s stance on abortion and Trump’s immigration policies were both wrong in the eyes of the church.
“Both are against life, be it the one who kicks out migrants, or be it the one who kills babies,″ Francis said.
In the Catholic faith, church teaching is very clear that human life begins at the moment of conception, thus making abortion a sin.
“Performing an abortion is killing a human being,” Francis said. “Whether you like the word or not, this is killing. You can’t say the church is closed because it does not allow abortion. The church does not allow abortion because it’s killing. It is murder.”
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