Pope Liu XIV says “Against abortion” but in favor of the death penalty, “They are not truly supportive of life.”

For the first time since his election in May, Pope Liu XIV She fought on American policy on Tuesday, and criticized those who say they are against abortion but support the death penalty, saying that this “is not really a life in life.”

Liu, a citizen of Chicago, was asked late on Tuesday about plans by Chicago Cardinal Plus Copech to present a life achievement prize to Senator Dick Debine in Illinois for his work in helping immigrants. The plans have caused an objection to some conservative American bishops, given the support of the strong democratic Senator for abortion rights.

Liu first and foremost called for respect for both sides, but he also pointed to the apparent contradiction in such discussions.

“I am against abortion, but he says I support the death penalty,” Liu told reporters. “A person says,” I am against abortion, but I agree with the inhuman treatment of migrants in the United States, “I don’t know if this is a supporter of life.”

Liu, who echoed his words often a common Catholic argument in discussions about miscarriage, spoke hours before Copen announced that Durbin had rejected the award.

The Pope told reporters on Tuesday in response to a question from EWTN news: “I am terriblely aware of the specific issue. I think it is important to look at the public work that the Senate member did, if I am not wrong, within 40 years of service in the Senate in the United States,” the Pope told reporters on Tuesday.

In his comments about the Illinois conflict, Liu mentioned no mention of President Trump, whose administration implemented an increase in the immigration application in the Chicago region.

However, the White House press secretary Caroline Levitt was weighing and disputed the concerns that Pope Liu raised about the treatment of migrants, saying that she will “refuse that there is an inhumane treatment for illegal immigrants in the United States under this administration.”

Levitte said the administration “is trying to implement our nation’s laws in the most inhuman way.”

The church is prohibited from abortion, but it also opposes the death penalty as “unacceptable” in all circumstances. The American bishops and the Vatican strongly called for a humanitarian treatment for migrants, citing the biblical leadership to “welcome the stranger”.

In response to a question in English from the American Catholic broadcaster Ewtn News, he said that there are many moral issues that constitute the education of the Catholic Church.

“I do not know if anyone has all the truth to them, but I will ask first and foremost that there is greater respect for each other and that we are looking together as human beings, in this case as American citizens or citizens in the state of Illinois, as well as Catholics to say that we need to know really to look closely in these moral issues and find the way to move forward in this church.

CUPICH was a close consultant for Pope Francis, who strongly supported the church that taught opposition abortion but also criticized the politicization of the discussion of abortion by the American bishops. Some bishops called for the company’s denial of Catholic politicians who supported abortion, including former President Joe Biden.

Biden met on several occasions with Francis and told reporters in 2021 that Francis asked him to continue receiving the company. During a visit to Rome that year, he received the secret during the mass at a church at the Church of Francis.

Durbin was prevented from receiving the company at the Springfield diocese in 2004. The Bishop of Springfield Thomas Buruki continued the ban and was one of the American bishops who strongly objected to Capic’s decision to honor Senator. Copech Dorbin is called as a member of the Chicago diocese, where there is also a house in Debine.

In his statement, he announced that Durbin will reject the award, Copch expressed his regret that polarization in the United States has created a position “in which he finds themselves homeless” because the Republican Party or the Democratic Party attracts the spread of the extensive scope of Catholic teaching.

He defended Dorbin’s honor for his pro -migration stance, and said that the award ceremony planned on November 3 was likely to be an occasion to involve him and other political leaders in the hope of pressure on the church’s point of view on other issues, including abortion.

“It can be an invitation to the Catholics who are tirelessly for the unborn dignity, the elderly, and the patients to extend the protection circle for immigrants who at this moment face an existential threat to their lives and the lives of their families,” Copech wrote.

Paprocki, for his part, thanks Durbin for rejecting the award. “I ask that all Catholics continue to pray for our church, our country, and for human dignity for all people at all stages of life, including immigrants who have not yet been born,” Buruke said in a post on Facebook.