Pope names former migrant bishop

Pope Leo XIV has appointed the Most Rev. Evelio Menjivar-Ayala as the new bishop of West Virginia, a state known for its strong support of President Trump.

Menjivar-Ayala, who was smuggled into the U.S. as an undocumented immigrant in 1990, has been a vocal advocate for migrant rights.

The move is widely interpreted as a direct challenge to the Trump administration's mass deportation policies and immigration rhetoric.

The Vatican's decision places a prominent critic of the White House in charge of a diocese in a key political battleground.