Fox News Contributor Notes New Pope’s Support for Immigrants and the Poor: ‘Jesus Would Do the Same’
Michael LucianoMay 8th, 2025, 5:24 pm
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Fox News contributor Raymond Arroyo addressed the social media history of Pope Leo XIV, specifically the new pontiff’s criticisms of President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance.
On Thursday, the College of Cardinals elected Chicago-born Leo, who is the first American pope in history. In February, he called Vance’s views on immigration “ wrong.” Just last month, he retweeted a post highlighting the plight of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Salvadoran man Trump is refusing to retrieve from a prison in El Salvador after the Supreme Court directed him to do so.
Hours after Leo’s election, Arroyo appeared on The Will Cain Show on Fox News, where the host asked about the new pope’s views.
“It is not a political office,” Will Cain said. “It is not the same thing as electing a United States senator. So, in some ways, it’s inappropriate to say, ‘Is he conservative? Is he liberal?’ But is he progressive in the vein of Pope Francis? That seems to be the great question. And I hear you saying the answer is yes. And why that matters is where he may stand and where he may lead his flock on issues as far and as wide as climate change, on DEI, on LGBTQ, on a whole host of issues. And we wonder, where will this new vision be for the Catholic Church?”
Arroyo replied:
Well, hope springs eternal, Will, even in The Eternal City. Here’s what I’d say. It’s a mixed bag. The record is a mixed bag, but there are indications when you saw the pope come out today, ok, he was wearing the traditional mozzetta, that red garment atop his white cassock. That’s kind of a cry back to the past. That’s a wink at tradition. So, a lot of traditionalists and conservative people said, “Oh look, he’s dressing like a pope.”
We frankly haven’t seen this in 12 years with Pope Francis. So, maybe Leo will be as he mentioned in his speech today, a bridge-builder. One hopes, I mean, when you look at his Twitter feed, he was for open borders in the United States and kind of took potshots at JD Vance and the Trump administration.
But look, all popes are going to support migrants, support the poor, support peace. Their heart goes out for humanity. That’s with the job. Jesus would do the same. I don’t know if he’d get so political. And that, they’re gonna have to be careful of. |
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