Pope is critical of both Trump and Harris, saying voters must "choose between lesser of two evils"

 Pope Francis on Friday described the choice US voters must make in the presidential election as one between the “lesser of two evils,” deeming former President Donald Trump’s anti-migrant policies and Vice President Kamala Harris’ support of abortion rights as both being “against life.”

The pontiff was asked what his advice to Catholic voters would be when choosing between the candidates. 

“The one who throws away the migrants as well as the one who kills children. Both are against life,” he said during a news conference on the papal plane.

“One must choose the lesser of two evils. Who is the lesser of two evils? That lady or that gentleman? I don’t know. Everyone with a conscience should think on this and do it,“ Francis added, urging people to vote.

The head of the Roman Catholic church said that deporting migrants is “evil” and that not giving migrants work and not helping them is “a sin against life.”

Meanwhile, Francis described abortion as an “assassination.” 

“Whether you like the word or not, it is killing,” he added.