Cyprus Mail4 Jul 2026

Pope Leo urges US to welcome immigrants in July 4 appeal from Lampedusa

Pope Leo marked the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence on Saturday with an appeal to Americans to welcome and protect immigrants, in a letter sent to his home country as he visited Italy’s migrant frontline island of Lampedusa.

Leo, who drew the ire of Donald Trump last year after calling the U.S. president’s hardline anti-immigration policies inhumane, also urged the world to become “more human” and to help those fleeing war and poverty....

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