{"id":358100,"date":"2026-07-03T22:00:58","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T21:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/pope-leo-praises-us-history-of-welcoming-immigrants-at-250th-birthday\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T22:00:58","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T21:00:58","slug":"pope-leo-praises-us-history-of-welcoming-immigrants-at-250th-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/pope-leo-praises-us-history-of-welcoming-immigrants-at-250th-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Leo praises US history of welcoming immigrants at 250th birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/4zhbgtdsIyc\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Pope Leo praises US history of welcoming immigrants at 250th birthday\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4zhbgtdsIyc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Pope Leo has used his first major address to his home country to praise the US&#8217;s history of \u2060welcoming immigrants, urging Americans to live up to the ideals put forward in the \u2060declaration of independence.<br \/>\nSubscribe to Guardian News on YouTube \u25ba https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/guardianwires?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n<p>In a speech broadcast live from the Vatican to the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia \u200cas he received the Center\u2019s liberty medal, Leo said he hoped that ideals \u200bof &#8216;unity, justice and peace&#8217; held by the founding fathers would guide the US as it celebrated its 250th anniversary<\/p>\n<p>Pope praises US history of welcoming immigrants in implicit rebuke to Trump https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/jul\/03\/pope-leo-lampedusa-visit-us-250th-anniversary-trump<\/p>\n<p>The Guardian publishes independent journalism, made possible by supporters. 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