The Pope Appoints a Former Undocumented Immigrant as Bishop in the United States

Pope Leon XIV has appointed Evelio Menjivar-Ayala, a former undocumented immigrant from El Salvador, as the bishop of the Wheeling-Charleston diocese in West Virginia. Menjivar-Ayala, 55, immigrated to the United States in 1990 and was ordained a priest in 2004. This appointment comes after the pope criticized Donald Trump's immigration policy, calling his actions 'extremely disrespectful' towards immigrants.