Pope tells US Catholics to choose 'lesser evil' of Harris and Trump

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Pope Francis on Friday (September 13) criticised both former US President Donald Trump over his plan to deport millions of immigrants and US Vice President Kamala Harris over her pro-choice abortion stance. The pope advised American voters to vote for the “lesser evil” of the two in the Nov 5 presidential election.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00They are both against life, both those who throw away immigrants and those who kill children.

00:21Both are against life.

00:25You can't decide, I can't say I'm not American, I'm not going to vote there.

00:32But let's be clear, whether to send away immigrants or not to give immigrants the ability to work,

00:39not to give immigrants welcome is a sin, it is serious.

00:45Today there is a current of migration in Central America, which is often treated as slaves,

00:55because they take advantage of this.

00:58Migration is a right, a right that was already in the Holy Scripture, in the Old Testament.

01:09The foreigner, the orphan and the widow, not to forget that.

01:14What I think of migrants is abortion.

01:19Science says that at the beginning of conception there are all the organs of a human being.

01:31All of them.

01:34Having an abortion is killing a human being.

01:41You like the word, you don't like it, but it is killing.

01:46The Church is not closed because it does not allow abortion.

01:51The Church does not allow abortion because it kills, it is a murderer.

02:00In general, it is said that not voting is bad, it is not good.

02:06You have to vote and you have to choose the lesser evil.

02:12Who is the lesser evil? That lady or that man?

02:17I don't know, everyone in conscience thinks and does this.

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