Pope Leo Spends July 4th at Migrant Cemetery in Italy, Meets with U.S. Ambassador
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Pope Leo spends July 4th at migrant cemetery in Italy, meets with U.S. ambassador
Pope Leo XIV spent July 4 — the 250th anniversary of U.S. Independence — on the Sicilian island of Lampedusa, praying at a migrant cemetery to honor the thousands of migrants who died trying to reach Europe to find freedom…
Vance had given the Pope an invitation from the White House, but Leo preferred to meet migrants in Sicily – and thus distanced himself from Trump.
The Angle of the Bloggers. The mayor of New York who speaks of rights and the Pope who goes to Lampedusa to symbolically welcome migrants
Pope Leo XIV visits Lampedusa, delivers powerful and symbolic message to 'protect migrants'
13 years after his predecessor, Pope Francis, on Saturday, the pontiff traveled to Lampedusa, a small Italian island that symbolizes the tragedy of migrants who die trying to cross the Mediterranean. For Pope Leo XIV, choosing to go there as Donald Trump's US celebrates its 250th anniversary was a statement in itself.
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