All posts tagged "Pope"

Pope Leo XIV issued another document that seemingly puts him in direct odds against President Donald Trump's MAGA movement.

The first American-born pontiff has angered U.S. conservatives with recent statements and comments supporting immigrants and climate action, and he has sharply criticized market capitalism, warlike rhetoric, anti-abortion activism and, in a new document, wealth inequality, reported the Associated Press.

“God has a special place in his heart for those who are discriminated against and oppressed, and he asks us, his church, to make a decisive and radical choice in favor of the weakest,” Leo wrote. "Thus, in a world where the poor are increasingly numerous, we paradoxically see the growth of a wealthy elite, living in a bubble of comfort and luxury, almost in another world compared to ordinary people."...

After history was made Thursday with the announcement that the Catholic church had a new pope, users took to social media to express pride that Leo XIV was an American from Chicago.

"Holy smokes!! An American Pope! From CHICAGO!!!" wrote Democratic consultant David Axelrod.

Late Sen. John McCain's (R-AZ) daughter Meghan McCain posted, "THE FIRST AMERICAN POPE!!!!!!!!!!! THIS IS AMAZING!!!!"...

President Donald Trump gave his congratulations to the new pope, an American from Chicago, who has taken the name Pope Leo XIV.

On Truth Social, Trump posted that he was looking forward to meeting the Holy Father.

"Congratulations to Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, who was just named Pope," Trump wrote. "It is such an honor to realize that he is the first American Pope. What excitement, and what a Great Honor for our Country. I look forward to meeting Pope Leo XIV. It will be a very meaningful moment!"...

The US Supreme Court declined Monday to hear an appeal by the Vatican in a landmark case that opens the way for priests in the United States to stand trial for pedophilia.