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It didn’t take long after Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, emerged onto the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica on Thursday as the new leader of the Catholic Church for social media commentators on the right to begin…

Catholics have a new pope, and social media has something else to fixate over. After that first puff of white smoke wafted from the Sistine Chapel chimney on Thursday and the world learned that the College of Cardinals had elected the…

His Holiness Leo XIV, the new pope elected on Thursday by Catholic Cardinals, is the first American pope in history, but he also has an extensive record of reposting left-wing political views online, from open borders to climate change to…

The death of Pope Francis on Easter Monday marked the end of a complicated chapter in the life of the Catholic Church. His was a papacy defined by a deep concern for the marginalized, a preference for dialogue over confrontation, and a…

In his final act as pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, Francis, in keeping with his deep commitment to the climate and well-cultivated image of personal humility, could have foregone a papal funeral. To the thousands of world leaders and…

Pope Francis’ famous exhortation to Catholic youth just months after being elected the 266th pope of the Catholic Church in March 2013 was “Hagan lio!” — “make a mess!” Twelve years later, upon his death Easter Monday morning at age…

America’s Catholics are facing a crisis of authority. The social and economic realities of mass migration contradict the Vatican’s facile theologizing on open borders. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), in accord with Pope…

On Feb. 11, Pope Francis sent an open letter to U.S. bishops concerning what he calls the “major crisis … of a program of deportation,” and encouraging them to stand up for the dignity of every human being. It is another example of Pope…

As the Catholic Church gears up for its 2025 jubilee, the Vatican has unveiled a new cartoon mascot to represent its upcoming holy year: an anime figure named Luce. According to the church, Luce is meant to engage with “the pop culture so…

Decapitated statues of Mary are not uncommon in European nations culturally enriched by Muslim migration. So the July 1 beheading of the Virgin Mary in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (aka Mariendom) in Linz, Austria, was a…