Pope Leo praises US history of welcoming immigrants at 250th anniversary – video

Pope Leo has used his first major address to his home country to praise the US's history of ⁠welcoming immigrants, urging Americans to live up to the ideals put forward in the ⁠declaration of independence. In a speech broadcast live from the Vatican to the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia ‌as he received the Center’s liberty medal, Leo said he hoped that ideals ​of 'unity, justice and peace' held by the founding fathers would guide the US as it celebrated its 250th anniversary

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