Not so Pope Francis this week. It was not a spokesman, but the Pope himself, and his letter was drafted in the form customary for more solemn documents. It referred directly to the signature policy of the Trump administration as a “major crisis.” Vatican observers who called the letter “unprecedented” were not wrong.

Pope Francis sharply criticized U.S. President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown in an unusual open letter sent to America's Catholic bishops on Tuesday. The pope, who earlier called Trump's plan to millions of migrants a "disgrace",

The U.S. border czar has pushed back against Pope Francis’ criticism of the U.S. mass deportation of migrants plan