No pope can afford to be completely apolitical, but Leo XIV, the first American pontiff, is proving to be more political than most -- and he's siding with the left.
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It's a grave mistake that can only hurt the Catholic Church on both sides of the Atlantic.
Leo has been in Spain the last few days, where immigration is today the dividing line between left and right.
Vox, the Spanish populist party, is surging in popularity, and recently the older conservative People's Party has signed on to Vox's idea of giving Spanish citizens priority for receiving government services and benefits -- a policy known as prioridad nacional.
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