"If it is true, it will be a disgrace, because it makes the poor wretches who have nothing to pay the unpaid bill," Francis said.

Pope Francis had quite a busy weekend. In a rare TV interview, he slammed President-elect Donald Trump's call for the mass deportation of immigrants in the U.S. as a “disgrace.” He also made his first appearance on TikTok,

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis said Donald Trump’s plans to impose mass deportations of immigrants would be a “disgrace,” as he weighed in on the incoming U.S. president’s pledges nearly a decade after calling him “not Christian” for wanting to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexican border.

This comes after Francis appointed Cardinal Robert McElroy to be the next Archbishop of Washington, D.C. McElroy is a staunch opponent of mass deportations, calling them “inconsistent with Catholic doctrine,” CNN reports.

Pope Francis has made his thoughts on President-elect Donald Trump’s immigrant deportation plans abundantly clear, dubbing them a “disgrace” in an interview Sunday. Whilst appearing on Italian television show Che Tempo Che Fa,

The pope has made welcoming migrants a key theme of his nearly 12-year papacy, and he has previously criticized Trump's anti-immigrant rhetoric. During the 2016 election, he said Trump was "not Christian" in his view.

Pope Francis called President-elect Donald Trump's plans for the deportation of illegal immigrants a "disgrace."

Pope Francis has criticised US President-elect Donald Trump’s proposed mass deportation of immigrants, describing the plan as a “disgrace.” Speaking in an interview on the Italian talk show Che Tempo Che Fa on Sunday,

Pope Francis criticized Donald Trump's proposed mass deportations, describing them as 'a disgrace.' The Pope's comments came on an Italian talk show, where he stated that such actions would harm those with nothing and are not a solution,

Francis previously said that Trump cannot be a Christian if he plans to build a wall to keep migrants from Mexico out.

Trump took a similar hard line on immigration during his previous term in office ― and the pope was critical then as well. When asked about Trump’s promise to build a border w