Some American Catholics sifting through Pope Francis latest encyclical this week are seeing it as a strong indictment of President Donald Trumps nationalist agenda.

Francis new encyclical, released Sunday with the title Fratelli Tutti (Brothers All), wasnt written as commentary on a specific countrys politics and doesnt explicitly mention Trump. But given the letters sharp rebuke of violent nationalism, selfish tribalism, and trickle-down economic theory , some Catholics reading the letter from a U.S. context believe it has implications for the faithful as they face the 2020 presidential election.

This encyclical challenges Catholics across the ideological spectrum with its call for a better kind of politics that puts the common good at the center of our debates, said John Gehring , Catholic program director for the advocacy group Faith in Public Life Action. But I do read the popes sharp criticism of nationalist trends and anti-immigrant populism as a critique of Trumps America First agenda.

In the encyclical, the Argentine pontiff lamented how fractured society has become and criticized the way that hyperbole, extremism and polarization have become political tools. He bemoaned the fact that some political leaders speak crudely with impunity, in ways that just a few years ago would have meant the loss of universal respect. He suggested that free-market capitalism and trickle-down economic policies have failed and encouraged people to combat the structural causes of poverty and inequality. Francis decried the xenophobia and aggressive nationalism bubbling up in certain countries and warned against the temptation to raise walls, walls in the heart, walls on the land.