{"id":2623619,"date":"2026-07-03T22:56:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T02:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pope-leo-xiv-calls-on-us-to-recommit-to-unity-while-accepting-liberty-medal\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T22:56:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T02:56:52","slug":"pope-leo-xiv-calls-on-us-to-recommit-to-unity-while-accepting-liberty-medal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pope-leo-xiv-calls-on-us-to-recommit-to-unity-while-accepting-liberty-medal\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Leo XIV calls on US to recommit to unity while accepting Liberty Medal"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpope-leo-xiv-calls-on-us-to-recommit-to-unity-while-accepting-liberty-medal%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2623619&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Pope Leo XIV celebrated his country&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/americas-250th-birthday-will-be-a-commemoration-not-celebration-in-virginia-because-leftists-dont-think-its-worth-celebrating\/\" title=\"...\u2019s 250th Birthday Will Be A \u2018Commemoration,\u2019 Not \u2018Celebration\u2019 In Virginia Because Leftists Don\u2019t Think It\u2019s Worth Celebrating\">250th birthday<\/a> and received the 2026 Liberty Medal from the National Constitution Center. As the first American pope, he has expressed his views on U.S. policies and values during his first year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-taps-manchins-wife-for-key-admin-post-after-w-v-democrat-saves-imperiled-dod-nominee\/\" title=\"Biden Taps Manchin\u2019s Wife for Key Admin Post After W.V. Democrat Saves Imperiled DOD Nominee\">including calling<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >peace amid tensions<\/a> in the Middle East.In his speech at the national Constitution center, he emphasized the importance of unity, rooted in the founding principles of America and the idea of &#8220;E pluribus unum&#8221; &#8211; out of many, one. Despite prior disagreements with the Trump administration, relations have improved, exemplified by meetings such as that with Secretary of State Marco Rubio. The Pope&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tyler-robinson-accused-of-sending-mocking-message-with-his-choice-of-tie-in-first-court-appearance\/\" title=\"Tyler Robinson Accused of Sending &#039;Mocking&#039; ... with His Choice of Tie in First Court Appearance\">message linked<\/a> the American founding&#8217;s ideals too contemporary efforts for peace and unity.He also expressed a desire for continued blessings on America\u2019s future and praised the nation&#8217;s enduring pursuit of liberty,exemplified by recent award recipients like Zelensky and notable Americans.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pope-leo-xiv\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"11789\">Pope Leo XIV<\/a> preached a message of unity as he celebrated his home country\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/america-250\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"20120\">250th birthday<\/a> while receiving the National Constitution Center\u2019s 2026 Liberty Medal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pope Leo is the first American to be elected pontiff and has given his two cents on U.S. policy and values from the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/vatican\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1814\">Vatican<\/a> throughout his first year. He has had a tenuous relationship with President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a>, as the pontiff has called for world peace and unity throughout the U.S.-<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"219\">Israeli<\/a> war with <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"100\">Iran<\/a>, saying the conflict was fueled by a \u201cdemonic cycle of evil.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4634002\/albania-kushner-flamingo-revolution-what-you-need-to-know\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Albania\u2019s Kushner-linked Flamingo Revolution: What you need to know<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4635489\/america-250-gifts-foreign-countries\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Here\u2019s what America\u2019s allies are doing to celebrate our 250th birthday<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4634951\/merz-sick-leave-germany-economy\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Merz outlines sick leave crackdown as part of plan to revive Germany\u2019s economy<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Pope continued to preach his message of peace on Friday, tying unity to the story of America\u2019s founding.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe principles that inspired America\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/founding-fathers\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"3587\">founders<\/a>, rooted as they are in the truth of the human person, brought them together in a single cause, a common dream,\u201d the Pope said during his Friday speech broadcast at the National Constitution Center. \u201cUnity lent strength to that dream, giving rise, under God, to the United States of America. <em>E pluribus unum<\/em>: out of many, one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite the Pope\u2019s spat <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4526043\/pope-leo-dismisses-trump-truth-social-digs-i-have-no-fear\/\">with the Trump administration<\/a> over the Iran war \u2014 after Trump called him \u201cterrible for Foreign Policy\u201d and \u201cweak on Nuclear Weapons\u201d \u2014 relations between the Vatican and the administration have steadied. Secretary of State <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/marco-rubio\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"51\">Marco Rubio<\/a> visited Leo in May in a meeting that \u201cunderscored the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4558837\/marco-rubio-enduring-partnership-meet-pope-leo\/\">strong relationship between<\/a> the United States and the Holy See and their shared commitment to promoting peace and human dignity,\u201d a State Department spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Pope focused on these themes in his speech, which was broadcast in Philadelphia from the Vatican ahead of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-got-to-take-these-motherfckers-out-rutgers-u-prof-praises-low-white-birth-rates\/\" title=\"&#039;We Got to Take These Motherf*ckers Out:&#039; Rutgers U. Prof Praises Low White Birth Rates\">250th anniversary<\/a> of the Declaration of Independence\u2019s signing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4635951\/white-house-suggests-mount-rushmore-trump-addition\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"4635951\">WHITE HOUSE SUGGESTS \u2018NO BETTER ADDITION\u2019 TO MOUNT RUSHMORE THAN TRUMP<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs a son of this great country, founded by courageous men and women who dreamed of liberty and of a better life for themselves and for their children, I join you in asking God\u2019s blessings upon America\u2019s future \u2014 that the lofty ideals enshrined at the beginning of the Declaration of Independence may continue to guide the flourishing of the nation in unity, justice, and peace,\u201d Pope Leo <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-8Q1QLpV99A\">said<\/a> on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pope Leo was the 38th recipient of the award, which honors people \u201cwho strive to secure the blessings of liberty for people around the globe.\u201d Recent recipients of the award include Ukrainian President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/volodymyr-zelensky\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"891\">Volodymyr Zelensky<\/a>, historian Ken Burns, and former Supreme Court Justices Anthony M. Kennedy and Ruth Bader Ginsburg.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pope Leo XIV promotes unity on U.S. 250th, receives Liberty Medal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3976,"featured_media":2623620,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP26162503812326.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[82196,82194,82195],"class_list":["post-2623619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-libertymedal","tag-popeleoxiv","tag-usunity"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP26162503812326.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2623619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3976"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2623619"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2623619\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2623623,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2623619\/revisions\/2623623"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2623620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2623619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2623619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2623619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}