Leo on Liberty — and Francis’s July 4th Message America Still Hasn’t Heard

From Francis’s forgotten speech to Leo’s one-word challenge, the popes have spoken. The question is whether we’re finally ready to listen.

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I was in Rome on May 11, just after Pope Leo’s election, when the new Holy Father delivere…