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Pope Leo’s migrant message is naïve — and dangerously political

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No pope can afford to be completely apolitical, but Leo XIV, the first American pontiff, is proving to be more political than most — and he’s siding with the left.

It’s a grave mistake that can only hurt the Catholic Church on both sides of the Atlantic.

Leo has been in Spain the last few days, where immigration is today the dividing line between left and right.

Vox, the Spanish populist party, is surging in popularity, and recently the older conservative People’s Party has signed on to Vox’s idea of giving Spanish citizens priority for receiving government services and benefits — a policy known as prioridad nacional.

The country’s left-wing prime minister Pedro Sanchez, on the other hand, is pursuing the Spanish equivalent of Joe Biden’s immigration policy.

Spain has been flooded with immigrants, both legal and illegal, and Sanchez is working to legalize hundreds of thousands who arrived unlawfully.

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Addressing the national legislature, on Monday, Pope Leo called for “safe and legal pathways, a respectful welcome and real opportunities for integration” for migrants and refugees.

Even when invoking “the right to remain in one’s own land,” the pope framed the issue as “working to ensure that no one has to leave their home due to lack of peace, security or........

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