History's first U.S.-born pope skipped the party to bless graves marked by shipwreck wood — on the exact day the U.S. turned 250.

Pope Leo XIV will mark the 250th anniversary of US independence by highlighting the plight of migrants, an area of continuing tension between the papacy and the Trump…

Pope Leo XIV is praying for the United States to recommit itself to its founding ideals on the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence