The Pope appears uncomfortably with Trump's immigration policy

Months before Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost became the first American Pope, a social media account under his name expressed the criticism of Vice President JD Vance, in which he shared an article that described the interpretation of the Christian doctrine by the Vice President as “wrong”.

The piece published in the National Catholic Reporter was a refutation against Mr. Vance's interpretation of a Catholic teaching with which he had defended the deportation policy of the Trump government.

The post on X, which shared the account shared in February, was one of several in which the articles were highlighted in which the positions of the Trump administration criticized to immigration.

In April, the account, under the name of Cardinal Prevost, divided a comment from a Catholic writer, who asked whether President Trump and President Nayib Bukele von El Salvador saw the “suffering” caused by their immigration policy.

“Is your consciousness not disturbed?” A Catholic analyst of the church, Rocco Palmo, wrote. “How can you stay calm?”

While the New York Times could not independently confirm whether Cardinal Prevost put the account -or whether it was operated by an employee -the account was connected to a telephone number and an e -mail address, which was assumed that it was bound to him. Almost all contributions that date until 2011 shared articles, statements and comments from other church leaders – not from the cardinal itself.

In July 2015, the account published an article by Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan from New York, in which Mr. Trump's “rhetoric against immigrants” described as “problematic”. Three years later, the account announced a post by Cardinal Blase J. Cupich from Chicago and said that the government of the government of separating migrant children from their parents was nothing away from Christian, American or morally defensive.

The account also seemed to question the young adult who was brought into the country as children who were brought into the country with the cancellation of the measures to arrive in childhood, which is known as Daca. The report has again published comments from several church leaders who attacked the decision as “heartless” and adjoin “racism and nativism”.

The criticism of Mr. Trump largely reflects the positions of Pope Francis, who also expressed his disagreement with the government's deportation policy.

Sometimes the report turned into other controversial areas of American politics. In 2020, it shared an explanation that was signed by seven American bishops in which they were “broken, broken, sick and outraged”, which was described by the murder of George Floyd, which they called “wake -up call”.

In 2017, the account shared a post by Senator Chris Murphy, a democrat from Connecticut, and criticized other legislators to refuse to adopt the legislation to control weapons after the mass shooting of Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. Since then, Mr. Murphy has developed as one of the volume critics of the Trump administration.

And several articles shared articles against abortion rights, including one of the Catholic news agency, in which self-identified “Pro-Life Democrats” Hillary Clinton criticized for the introduction of an “extreme pro abbreviation platform”.

Only a small fraction of the contributions related to American politics. Many were in Spanish and shared announcements by the Peruvian Bishops' Conference, the US Conference of the Catholic Bishops and the Vatican. Others dealt with questions of faith and Catholic teaching or marked special data for the order of St. Augustine, a religious order of men and women who follow the teachings of the saint of the fourth century, whose member is cardinal.

Some were even easier: a contribution that was linked to an article from the Catholic intelligence service and listed the best Christmas films.

The first posts were shared in 2011 and seemed updates to be over the cardinal's travel plan.

“In Rome, Council meetings”, the account published on September 20, 2011.

So far, Mr. Trump does not seem to keep a resentment against the Pope because of previous criticism. In his own post on X, the President said that he was looking forward to meeting the new Pope.

Mr. Vance, a Catholic convert that met Pope Francis shortly before his death, also sent good wishes on Thursday afternoon.

“Congratulations to Leo XIV, the first American Pope, for his choice!” He wrote on social media. “I am sure that millions of American Catholics and other Christians will pray for his successful work that leads the church. May God bless him!”

Not everyone in Mr. Trump's orbit can be so pleased.

Even before the selection of the new Pope, Steve Bannon, one of the best allies of the President who asked the church to take a more traditional attitude, Cardinal Prevost described one of the dark horses as the next Pope.

“Unfortunately, he is one of the most progressive,” said Bannon in an interview last week.

Kate conger Reported reports.