Pope Leo XIV Calls Immigrants One of America’s Greatest Wealths

Speaking to NBC before his Concert for Peace, the pope said his American trip will come “in the next couple of years.” He spent this year’s Fourth of July with the migrants of Lampedusa instead.

Pope Leo XIV speaks with NBC News anchor Tom Llamas in the gardens of Castel Gandolfo on July 29. In the interview, the pope called the generations of people America has welcomed from around the world one of the country’s greatest wealths. (NBC News)

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