He has downgraded the first human right.
The leader of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis, when advising Catholics to “choose the lesser evil” between Vice President Kamala Harris, who supports unrestricted abortion, and former President Donald Trump, who supports the deportation of illegal aliens and stronger border control, effectively equated the killing of unborn babies with the deportation of illegal aliens. The pope said that he did not know which is the greater evil, and advised American Catholics to consult their “conscience” when making their choice. This is a far cry from Pope John Paul II’s words in Evangelium Vitae where he recognized and affirmed that “the right to life” is that “upon which all other inalienable rights of individuals are founded and from which they develop.” George Weigel noted that John Paul II understood that the right to live is the “first human right.” Pope Francis has therefore downgraded the first human right.
