Pope Francis extends prayers, 'cordial greetings' to Trump ahead of inaugural ceremony

Pope Francis shared his prayers and extended "cordial greetings" to President-elect Donald Trump up of his inaugural ceremonial Monday morning.

"I inquire God to usher your efforts successful promoting bid and reconciliation among peoples," Pope Francis said successful a connection addressed to the president-elect.

"On the juncture of your inauguration arsenic the forty-seventh President of the United States of America, I connection cordial greetings and the assurance of my prayers that Almighty God volition assistance you wisdom, strength, and extortion successful the workout of your precocious duties," his connection read.

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"Inspired by your nation’s ideals of being a onshore of accidental and invited for all, it is my anticipation that nether your enactment the American radical volition prosper and ever strive to physique a much conscionable society, wherever determination is nary country for hatred, favoritism oregon exclusion."

Pope Francis continued connected to "ask God to usher your efforts successful promoting bid and reconciliation among peoples" amid "numerous challenges" and "the scourge of war."

"With these sentiments," Pope Francis continued, "I invoke upon you, your family, and the beloved American radical an abundance of divine blessings."

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Pope Francis criticized Trump's deportation argumentation conscionable 1 time prior, saying Sunday connected an evening tv program, "If true, this volition beryllium a disgrace."

"This won’t do. This is not the mode to lick things. That’s not however things are resolved," the pope said of Trump's planned deportations.

Pope Francis criticized Trump's deportation argumentation conscionable 1 time prior, saying Sunday connected an evening tv program, ‘If true, this volition beryllium a disgrace.’ (Reuters/Ciro De Luca/File Photo)

Trump's incoming medication is said to beryllium eyeing migration arrests of amerciable immigrants crossed the state arsenic soon arsenic time one, arsenic apical officials accidental they are acceptable to "take the handcuffs off" Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

The pope also precocious cited "fake news" arsenic the basal origin of Trump's assassination attempts past year. 

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During the pontiff's yearly "state of the world" code earlier this month, Francis pointed to "fake news" arsenic the basal of part and distrust successful nine that yet led to 2 attempts connected Trump's beingness successful 2024. 

President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a quality league astatine Mar-a-Lago, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025, successful Palm Beach, Fla.  (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

"This improvement generates mendacious images of reality, a clime of suspicion that foments hate, undermines people’s consciousness of security, and compromises civilian coexistence and the stableness of full nations. Tragic examples of this are the attacks connected the president of the authorities of the Slovak Republic and the president-elect of the United States of America," helium said.

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Fox News Digital's Adam Shaw, Gabriel Hays and the Associated Press contributed to this report.