"JD Vance kill pope" and "JD Vance killed Pope Francis" were breakout Google search trends following the pope's death.

Prior to being elected, Pope Leo XIV had a presence on X, where he sometimes shared messages that appeared to be critical of ...

“Holy Father, you had me at ‘JD Vance is wrong,’” Colbert quipped as the studio audience roared with cheers.

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV is in a new job that will have many crossovers into politics. It's a realm not entirely unknown to ...

In his advocacy of the poor, migrants and a more open church, many people see the new pope as a continuation of his ...

How Pope Leo XIV chooses to tackle critical topics from same-sex marriage to women in the church remains to be seen, but ...

President Donald Trump congratulated Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost on Thursday shortly after the American was selected as ...

P olitical figures around the world have congratulated Robert Francis Prevost, now known as Pope Leo XIV, after his election ...

Former Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of the United States was selected Thursday by the papal conclave to succeed Pope ...

Vice President JD Vance is a Catholic and was one of the last people granted audience with Pope Francis before his death.

Before becoming pontiff, the first U.S.-born pope was not shy about criticizing President Donald Trump and Vice President JD ...