VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis sharply criticized U.S. President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown in an unusual open letter to America's Catholic bishops on Tuesday, saying criminalising migrants and taking measures built on force "will end badly".

In the letter, the pope said the criminalization of migrants and the mass deportations planned by the U.S. government are dangerous and called the country's current immigration po

Pope Francis on Tuesday took a direct shot at the Trump administration in a new letter in which he criticized the president's immigration policies as being un-Christian. In the letter, Pope Francis described Trump's push for mass deportations in the United States as a "major crisis" and outlined why it goes against the teachings of Jesus Christ.