Pope Leo XIV, the American pope, spent his second Fourth of July as the pontiff at Lampedusa, Italy, an island at the front of the migrant crisis.

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 will send a message against remigration with his visit to the migrant stepping stone island of Lampedusa on Saturday, a local bishop said Friday. (ANSA)