First American pope marks July 4 on migrant island with plea for ‘compassion and generosity’

Pope Leo XIV marked July 4 with an appeal to Americans to receive immigrants with “compassion and generosity” as he made a visit to the frontlines of the migrant crisis in the Mediterranean. In a letter released soon after he arrived on the southern Italian island Lampedusa, the pope said that prot...

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