The Trump White House had perhaps a surprising reaction to past criticism of the president by newly elected Pope Leo XIV.

Leo XIV was elected after only four rounds of voting. “It was a very rapid decision,” Nichols, the Archbishop of Westminster, told the Daily Mail. “I think that’s because Pope Francis left a College ...

American Cardinal Robert Prevost was shortly thereafter announced as the 267th pontiff. He chose the name Leo XIV, a senior cardinal deacon announced. The 69-year-old Chicago native is the first ...