While Pope Leo has confronted President Trump on the war in Iran, he has not relented in his aggressive campaign against the president’s policies regarding immigration.

This month alone, he has appointed three new Hispanic bishops to U.S. dioceses. Of the some two dozen appointments he has made since his election, about 40% are foreign-born.

In 2011, Los Angeles Archbishop José Gómez predicted a “Next America” that would be Hispanic. Pope Leo has embraced that theme as the focus of both his policies and his episcopal appointments regarding the United States.

Specifically, His Holiness is signaling in every possible way his opposition the policies of President Donald J. Trump in anticipation of this November’s midterm elections.

No longer will we hear only of bishops leading marches on the facilities of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Yes, ordinaries of various dioceses will dutifully continue to publish.