In Another Break With Trump, Pope Leo Skips U.S. 250th Celebration for Migrant Island

As Trump builds his presidency around America’s 250th anniversary, the pope heads to Europe’s most symbolic migrant crossing — days after rejecting the president’s “Board of Peace.”

Dear friends —

Beginning this week, Letters from Leo will publish daily Lenten reflections through Easter, available exclusively to paid subscribers.

Each meditation will explore what it means to follow Jesus more faithfully in the midst of American civic and political life — not as partisans first, but as Christians whose consciences are shaped by the Cr…