Pope Francis has weighed in on the US presidential candidates telling voters to pick the Lesser evil when heading to the polls in November he did not name Cala Harris or Donald Trump but says they are both against life arriving to thousands of supporters in Singapore is a man whose opinion matters to Millions Pope Francis on a 12-day International tour of Asia and on a plain Journey Back To Rome asked by the press his thoughts on the two US Presidential hopefuls both are against life whether it is the one who is chasing away migrants or the one that kills children both are against life I cannot decide you must vote and you must choose the Lesser evil who is the Lesser evil that lady or that gentleman in an unusually vocal move his subtle choice not to name the two candidates has raised questions about why he's speaking out at all the issues touched on though abortion and migration both key election issues carela Harris's support for abortion and Donald Trump's proposed Crackdown on immigration Under Fire and it's not the first time about Trump's election campaign plans to build a wall on the border with Mexico the pope questioned his Christian faith in 2016 before a somewhat stiff meeting at the Vatican a year later on the new US President's first foreign trip but how important is his critique I would say it's exceptional if he chooses to wait in to the degree he did I suppose it reflects the stakes of the US election everybody watches the US election with great interest and certainly they do at the Vatican uh I would say again he was careful not to say vote for one or the other but uh yes probably he could have I suppose demurred or the question more than he did Harris what can't be avoided is the choice American voters will soon have to make between Harris and Trump neither of November's choices according to the pope preferable Amelia Harper Sky News