“It is a pleasure and a blessing to meet you,” Pope Leo said. “Thank you for everything. It is a great honor.”
For the first time ever, a millennial is set to lead a Vatican department—and it’s someone we know well: Montse Alvarado.
VATICAN CITY—Lambasting the “muddled” plotlines of the post-Lucas era in a staggering 60,000 words, Pope Leo XIV released a new encyclical Friday on the perils of Disney’s Star Wars strategy. “The Star Wars franchise, created by God in all its grandeur, is today facing a pivotal choice: either to construct a new Tower of Babel […]
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Pope Leo XIV published his first encyclical Monday, warning about the dangers of artificial intelligence. Here’s what you need to know about the document. Q: What is an encyclical? A: It’s like a company-wide email, except this one is skeptical of AI. Q: What is the encyclical titled? A: Magnifica_Humanitas_final.docx Q: Were any AI companies or […]
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Vatican AI event sparks memes A Vatican AI event featuring Pope Leo XIV and Christopher Olah sparked viral jokes online about the Pope being “recruited” into the AI industry.
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Pope Leo XIV marks one year as leader of the Catholic Church Friday with a visit to southern Italy, returning to his flock after weeks dominated by a clash with Washington. The first American pontiff will mark the anniversary of his May 8, 2025 election in Pompeii and Naples, starting the visit at a shrine […]
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America’s top diplomat, Marco Rubio, will visit the first US pope, Leo XIV, on Thursday, seeking to ease tensions between Washington and the Vatican while also promoting President Donald Trump’s interests. The US secretary of state flies in weeks after Trump’s extraordinary criticism of Leo, the head of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics, over his […]
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Some jokes never seem to get old, and we’d argue that’s true for quips about the pomp and circumstance behind papal vestments. Despite hopes that having two relatively liberal popes in a row would have done something to shift the Catholic Church’s stance on LGBTQ+ issues, things have remained pretty status quo in the past decade-plus. So it seems only fair to make light of the fact that, when…
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President Donald Trump’s approval rating has hit a new second term low amid backlash over his handling of the Iran war and public jibes at Pope Leo XIV, a YouGov poll has revealed.
Among registered US voters, just 41% now approve of the job Trump is doing in The White House, while disapproval has hit 56.9% — the highest…
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Pope Leo XIV arrives on Saturday in Angola, the third leg of a landmark African tour marked by a war of words with US President Donald Trump over the Middle East conflict. Leo is set to become the third pontiff to visit the fossil fuel-rich country, where around 44 percent of the population identifies as […]
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Reflections on a week in which Donald Trump decided to feud with the Pope while comparing himself to the Saviour.
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Pope Leo XIV condemned “an endless cycle of destabilisation and death” on a visit Thursday to a “bloodstained” region of Cameroon that has been gripped by an English-speaking separatist conflict for nearly a decade. “Those who rob your land of its resources generally invest much of the profit in weapons, thus perpetuating an endless cycle […]
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House Speaker Mike Johnson has come out on the side of the White House in its recent aggression toward the Vatican, suggesting that Pope Leo XIV had it coming.
“A pontiff or any religious leader can say anything they want, but obviously if you wade into political waters, I think you should expect some political response and I think the Pope has received some of that,” Johnson said…
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Vatican City – During his online arguments with US president Trump, Pope Leo XIV was able to ratio the president on X, getting more likes than the President’s original post and handing Trump, “an L.” “Jesus would have wanted this to happen, fam,” explained the current head of the catholic church. “Unc was fast to […]
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Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is no longer on Donald Trump’s good side after criticizing his remarks against Pope Leo XIV.
On Tuesday, responding to Meloni’s comment the day before, Trump told the Italian newspaper _Corriere della Sera_ that he was “shocked by her. I thought she was brave, but I was wrong.”
Meloni had said it was “unacceptable” that Trump called the pope “weak on crime”…
As the first supreme pontiff from the United States, Pope Leo XIV has balanced anti-war and climate advocacy with tending to the diverse spiritual needs of the Catholic Church’s 1.4 billion followers. The Onion sat down with the bishop of Rome so he could lay out his vision for the church in the 21st century. […]
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Pope Leo XIV warned on Tuesday that democracy risks becoming a “majoritarian tyranny” if not rooted in moral law.
The warning came in a letter addressed to the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences.
“Far from being a mere procedure, democracy recognizes the dignity of every person and calls each citizen to participate responsibly in the pursuit of the common good,” Leo wrote. “Democracy remains…
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Donald Trump has become his party’s golden calf.
Republican lawmakers and politicians are turning on the Catholic Church to defend the president’s warmongering.
Speaking with Fox News Monday night, Senator Lindsey Graham spoke directly to Pope Leo XIV, telling him that he was “miscalculating” by advocating for world peace.
Last week, reports emerged that the Pentagon had openly threatened a…
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Senator Ted Cruz refused to pick a side in President Trump’s petty tiff with Pope Leo XIV.
“Are you on the pope’s side or the president’s side?” a TMZ reporter asked Cruz on Monday evening.
“You know what, I’m quite confident that both the Pope and the president can speak for themselves,” Cruz replied.
“Well, they are going through a very public sort of beef right now—”
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US President Donald Trump has feuded with Pope Leo XIV over the Iran war — setting off an unholy row that could have serious political implications for the Republican leader at home. Trump has drawn barbs even from some allies over the attacks on the US-born pontiff, who has criticized the Trump administration over its […]
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After negotiations to end the war failed to produce a deal, Trump imposed a naval blockade to cut off the Islamic Republic’s ability to trade through the Strait of Hormuz.
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Pope Leo lashed out against warmongers on Saturday while calling on billions of people around the globe to embrace peace and “believe once again in love, moderation and good politics”. In one of his most passionate entreaties yet to end the raging conflict in the Middle East, the American pope said faith was needed “in […]
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The Pentagon on Thursday denied a report that the Vatican’s US envoy was summoned in January for a “bitter” dressing down over remarks by Pope Leo that were seen as criticizing the Trump administration’s use of military force. According to The Free Press, which shares common ownership with CBS News, Cardinal Christophe Pierre was given […]
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Pope Leo XIV is set to mark Easter Sunday for the first time as pontiff, with the Middle East war casting a pall over the most important date in the Christian calendar. The US-born pope, who has emerged as a leading voice against the war, will hold mass in St Peter’s Square from 0830 GMT in […]
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Last week, when asked if he had a message about the war in Iran for President Trump, Leo XIV said, “Hopefully, he’s looking for an off-ramp.”
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Pope Leo XIV led a torch-lit procession at the Colosseum in Rome on Friday as he prepares for his first Easter as pontiff in the shadow of war in the Middle East. Among the 30,000 people attending the poignant ceremony, known as the Way of the Cross, was Sarah, a Palestinian Catholic. “We need peace […]
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The hotline, which is not backed by the Church, is part of a wider project marking 21 years since the death of Pope John Paul II.
The conceptual artist revives his sculptural portrait of John Paul II in a confessional-raffle this Easter
The Pope warns that using AI for sermons might let the human intellect wither away.
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