POPE SNUBS WASHINGTON: Leo XIV Chooses Migrants Over America’s Big Birthday In a striking diplomatic rebuff, JD Vance traveled to Rome to formally invite Pope Leo XIV to headline America’s 250th anniversary celebrations but the historic first American pope has declined. The decision lands just days after Leo also turned down an invitation from Donald […] The post POPE SNUBS WASHINGTON: Leo XIV Chooses Migrants Over America’s Big Birthday first appeared on The Zambian Observer .