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LIBERTY, FREEDOM AND 'GOOD GROUND' This year, we in the United States are celebrating the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. We not only recall the courage and heroism of ordinary citizens as they struggled to fashion a new nation built on the idea of freedom and liberty, but we also recognize, very deeply, that the violence that marked our American Revolution has not gone away. READ MORE

FIGHT FOR DEMOCRACY REMAINS URGENT AS US MARKS 250 YEARS There is work to be done, the work of political engagement and persuasion, of listening to the grievances of those with whom we disagree and seeking a point of common humanity so that we can forge a better path forward. THE FORGOTTEN HISTORY OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION That forgotten history can feel all the more dissonant in the United States 250 years later because Catholicism has become so integral a part of our national life.   BEN FRANKLIN AND ARCHBISHOP CARROLL: A UNIQUE FRIENDSHIP Acts of kindness sometimes bear fruit that we never would have expected. That was illustrated clearly in the friendship between two "founding fathers" of the United States.   POPE LEO'S ADDRESS UPON RECEIVING LIBERTY MEDAL Pope Leo XIV offered the following address on the occasion of being awarded the 2026 Liberty Medal by the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia. His words are a timely reminder of the way the Catholic Church has come to support the great ideals upon which the United States were founded, namely human equality, human rights, and popular sovereignty. POPE LEO XIV SPENDS AMERICA’S 250TH BIRTHDAY WITH THE MIGRANTS OF LAMPEDUSA While the United States marked the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence with parades, cookouts, and fireworks, history’s first American pope spent the Fourth of July on Lampedusa, the tiny Sicilian island that serves as Europe’s front door for migrants crossing from North Africa. Tens of thousands of others never reached it alive. POPE’S JULY 4 VISIT TO MIGRANT HOTSPOT SENDS A VEILED MESSAGE TO US LEADERS The treatment of migrants has been one of the main sources of tension between the first American pope and the Trump administration, with Vice President JD Vance, a Catholic, this week describing the Vatican’s position on the topic as “troubling.” DEFYING POPE AND FACING EXCOMMUNICATION, SSPX CONSECRATES BISHOPS AT HUGE OUTDOOR MASS Moments after swearing obedience to the Catholic Church, the pope and his legitimate successors, four priests were made bishops without papal approval in what Pope Leo XIV had warned would be a "schismatic act." FOUR ESSENTIAL SPIRITUAL TASKS FOR ALL LEADERS Can we approach our work with clarity and humility, a willingness to listen and learn from those who disagree, while remaining true to the vision entrusted to us?