Read moreFrancis said he hadn’t read up on Trump’s decision to phase out the Deferred Action for Children Program, which allows some immigrants who were brought to the US illegally as children to stay. About 800,000 people are affected by Trump’s decision to give Congress six months to end their limbo status. But he said in general, removing children from families “isn’t something that bears fruit for either the youngsters or their families”. Francis has clashed previously with Trump over issues of immigration, saying that anyone who wants to build a wall as Trump does on the Mexican border to keep out migrants is “not Christian”. Francis said he was grateful to both Italy and Greece for having welcomed so many migrants in.

Source: The Guardian September 11, 2017 15:46 UTC