{"id":81435,"date":"2026-03-16T08:01:47","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T12:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=81435"},"modified":"2026-03-16T08:01:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T12:01:47","slug":"pope-leo-xiv-to-accept-us-liberty-medal-on-eve-of-july-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/pope-leo-xiv-to-accept-us-liberty-medal-on-eve-of-july-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Leo XIV To Accept US Liberty Medal On Eve Of July 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <em>Aleteia<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.en.aleteia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/pope-leo-xiv-sacred-heart-of-jesus-parish-ponte-mammolo-rome-antoine-mekary-aleteia-am_3387.jpg?resize=620,350&amp;q=75\" alt=\"pope-leo-xiv-sacred-heart-of-jesus-parish-ponte-mammolo-rome\" width=\"347\" height=\"196\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"  \">\n<p>The National Constitution Center announced March 16 that the first U.S.-born Pope\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/constitutioncenter.org\/about\/liberty-medal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">will receive the Liberty Medal<\/a>\u00a0during a public ceremony on July 3 outside Independence Hall in Philadelphia, where the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution were signed. His acceptance remarks\u00a0<strong>will be delivered by videolink and streamed<\/strong> as part of the celebration.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"  \">\n<p>The Liberty Medal recognizes individuals\u00a0<strong>whose work advances freedom and human dignity<\/strong>. According to the\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/constitutioncenter.org\/about\/liberty-medal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Constitution Center<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/aleteia.org\/2025\/05\/08\/pope-leo-xiv-a-name-steeped-in-history-and-hope\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pope Leo<\/a>\u00a0is being honored for his \u201clifelong work promoting religious liberty and freedom of conscience and expression around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gsp_post_data\" \r\n\t            data-post_type=\"post\" \r\n\t            data-cat=\"news\" \r\n\t            data-modified=\"120\"\r\n\t            data-created=\"1773648107\"\r\n\t            data-title=\"Pope Leo XIV To Accept US Liberty Medal On Eve Of July 4\" \r\n\t            data-home=\"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Aleteia: The National Constitution Center announced March 16 that the first U.S.-born Pope\u00a0will receive the Liberty Medal\u00a0during a public.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-81435","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81435"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81435\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}