Deborah Castellano Lubov/ vaticannews.va: During a private audience in April, a delegation from the National Constitution Center traveled to the Vatican to present the Pope with the 2026 Liberty Medal to honor his work in promoting religious freedom and freedom of conscience and expression throughout the world—these being ideals central to the founders of the United States in the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.   Three months later on the eve of the 250th anniversary ...more