Pope Leo invokes immigrant and enslaved roots in call for US to honour founding ideals

First US pope praises principles of freedom and opportunity in implicit critique of Donald Trump’s policies Pope Leo, the first US pontiff, has expressed “great love” for his home country and its core principles of freedom, opportunity and welcoming immigrants, but qualified that he “just happens to be American”. In an interview with the US broadcaster NBC on the sidelines of a prayer event in Castel Gandolfo, the papal retreat close to Rome, Leo, who has condemned the immigration policies of...

By Angela Giuffrida in Rome