Alongside their statement published on Monday promoting “a moral vision of American foreign policy”, the cardinal-archbishops of Chicago, Washington and Newark made their own comments commending the international agenda that Pope Leo set out to diplomats accredited to the Holy See on 9 January.

Cardinal Robert McElroy of Washington argued that Catholic teaching on human dignity and solidarity promotes “our country’s truest interests and the best traditions of the land we love”.

By contrast, the cardinals’ joint statement directly rebuked US conduct towards Venezuela, Ukraine and Greenland as a threat to those ideals: “Our country’s moral role in confronting evil around the world, sustaining the right to life and human dignity, supporting religious liberty, are all under examination.”

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