That mail ballot had to travel a long way — from Joliet to the Vatican City, where Pope Leo XIV has led the Catholic church since white smoke appeared from the Sistine Chapel in May 2025.
The Pope having opinions is completely different from actively endorsing politicians. Otherwise talking about, I dunno, feeding the hungry would be an endorsement for communist parties everywhere.
The law is not the only means of protecting life, but it plays a key and often decisive role in affecting both human behavior and thinking. Those called to civil leadership, as Pope John Paul II reminds us, “have a duty to make courageous choices in support of life, especially through legislative measures.” This is a responsibility that cannot be put aside, “especially when he or she has a legislative or decision-making mandate, which calls that person to answer to God, to his or her own conscience and to the whole of society for choices which may be contrary to the common good.” The Gospel of Life, no. 90
The Pope having opinions is completely different from actively endorsing politicians. Otherwise talking about, I dunno, feeding the hungry would be an endorsement for communist parties everywhere.
The law is not the only means of protecting life, but it plays a key and often decisive role in affecting both human behavior and thinking. Those called to civil leadership, as Pope John Paul II reminds us, “have a duty to make courageous choices in support of life, especially through legislative measures.” This is a responsibility that cannot be put aside, “especially when he or she has a legislative or decision-making mandate, which calls that person to answer to God, to his or her own conscience and to the whole of society for choices which may be contrary to the common good.” The Gospel of Life, no. 90
https://www.usccb.org/beliefs-and-teachings/what-we-believe/quotes-issues-human-life-justice-and-peace
Sounds like he’s endorsing the “pro life” candidate to me…