Pope Praises US History of Helping Immigrants

Friday, July 03, 2026

Pope Leo has used his first major address to his home country to praise the US history of welcoming migrants, urging Americans to live up to the ideals put forward in the Declaration of Independence.

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In his latest implicit rebuke to Donald Trump, the first US leader of the Roman Catholic church said the word "America" had become a "byword for freedom" across the world because of the way the country welcomed migrants.

In a speech given 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.

"This historic anniversary presents us with the opportunity to reflect once again on the nation's founding principles in the hope that America will remain ever true to the dream that has earned it the title of land of the free and home of the brave," the pope said.

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"You shall also love the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt."
Deuteronomy 10:19

#1 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-07-03 02:56 PM | Reply

Methinks the world's first American Pope will be here for the Fourth of July tomorrow where refugees make their way attempting to make a better life for themselves -- or just plain survive -- in Europe: Pope Leo XIV says GFY to Dummkopf Trumpf and JD Vantz

#2 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-07-03 03:05 PM | Reply

Where'd the fat bald pedo's grandaddy come from again?

#3 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-07-03 03:35 PM | Reply

Trump's Bavarian grandfather skedaddled from obligatory military service and emigrated to the US, at one point operating an eatery and cat house in the Yukon.

#4 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-07-03 03:44 PM | Reply

"You shall also love the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt."
Deuteronomy 10:19

I don't remember him singing that.

#5 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-07-03 03:48 PM | Reply

"AI
Empathy for the Marginalized:

The Torah frequently points to their enslavement as the exact moral basis for ethical behavior.

Because the Hebrews were oppressed foreigners in Egypt, God repeatedly commands them throughout the Law (e.g., in Leviticus and Deuteronomy) to care for the stranger, the widow, and the orphan, specifically reminding them: "for you were slaves in the land of Egypt."

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They spent 400 years learning that lesson... and, like the Western Church in this country, have completely forgotten it in modern Israel.

#6 | Posted by Corky at 2026-07-03 03:56 PM | Reply