ROME — Pope Francis said Donald Trump’s plans to impose mass deportations of immigrants would be a “disgrace,” as he weighed in on the incoming U.S. president’s pledges nearly a decade after calling him “not Christian” for wanting to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexican border.

The Holy Father expressed hope that under Trump’s leadership, the American people would “prosper and always strive to build a more just society.”

If this is true it is a disgrace because it makes the poor unfortunate who have nothing pay the price of imbalance. This is not how things are solved,” the pope said on Italian TV.

The pope’s comments provided the latest indication of a potential rekindling of frictions between the Vatican and the next Trump White House.

President Donald Trump's mass deportation plans could have a significant economic side effect: draining Social Security funding.

In addition to declaring an invasion at the southern border, President Donald Trump issued an executive order to protect the American people against invasion. It includes multiple provisions to implement his mass deportation plan.