Robert P. Jones is the president and founder of Public Religion Research Institute. He is the author of the New York Times ...

Trump's post came during Novemdiales, the period of mourning observed by the Catholic Church, following the death of Pope Francis.

U.S. President Donald Trump quickly reacted to the appointment of the first American pope on Thursday, May 8. Pope Leo XIV, formerly known as Cardinal Robert Prevost of Chicago, won the secretive conc ...

Three recent X posts from then-Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of Chicago - now Pope Leo XIV - shared items critical of Trump and Vance policies.

WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump, the architect of "America first," now gets an American pope. But the Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, the first U.S.-born pope to be selected to ...

President Donald Trump told reporters Thursday, "We were a little bit surprised, but very happy. It’s just a great, absolutely great honor." Pope Leo XIV is the first American pope.

President Donald Trump posted an AI-generated image of himself dressed as the pope. The post has since received criticism from some members of the Catholic community.

Before becoming pontiff, the first U.S.-born pope was not shy about criticizing President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance - social media musings that pulled him into the maelstrom of divided ...

President Donald Trump congratulated Robert Francis Prevost, the first American Pope, on Truth Social. Prevost, 69, a Chicago native, will be known as Pope Leo XIV. Melania Trump, a Catholic ...

While Trump rushed to the White House driveway to praise the Chicago-born and Villanova-educated Leo, his legion of fans were ...

ROME — The new Chicago-raised Pope Leo XIV faces an immediate challenge in his native country: taming the brawling U.S. tribe of Catholics, riven by political divisions that have thwarted the will of ...