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With Pope Francis Death, Trump Loses Top Moral Critic

Pope Francis walks along with US President Donald Trump and US First Lady Melania Trump at the Vatican in May 2017 (Credit: AFP)

The death of Pope Francis silences arguably the most powerful moral voice on the world stage critical of Donald Trump, with the pontiff taking the lead against the US president's mass deportations of migrants.

When Trump first ran for president in 2016, Francis was unsparing on Trump's signature promise to build a wall to seal off Mexico, telling reporters, "Anyone, whoever he is, who only wants to build walls and not bridges is not a Christian."

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