One of Nigeria’s most powerful prelates has blasted the new US President’s move to recommence funding international abortions.

In an interview with Crux, Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama of Abuja said, “It is intriguing that one of Biden’s first official acts is to promote the destruction of human lives domestically and in developing nations.”

“This order does not stand to reason; it violates human dignity,” Kaigama said, adding, “The President should use his office to prioritize the most vulnerable, including unborn children.”

Noting that every pope since the Second Vatican Council down to Pope Francis have described the deliberate killing of a child before or after birth “as a most grievous violation of God’s commandments,” Kaigama insisted that life “must be protected with the utmost care from the moment of conception.”