Pope Francis told President Biden he should continue receiving communion. The approval from the pope appeases criticism from U.S. bishops that wanted to deny Biden communion over his support of ...

When Pope Leo XIV surprised tens of thousands of young people at a recent Holy Year celebration with an impromptu popemobile ...

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Pope Leo XIV received the highest net favorability score in a new Gallup poll, outperforming U.S. and global political ...

Pope Leo XIV tops a new Gallup poll on world leaders, appealing to U.S. residents broadly in a politically divided – and ...

It would not have been easy for anyone to step into the shoes of the fisherman after Pope Francis, just as it was not easy for Benedict XVI to follow St. John Paul II. But Leo XIV has done so with ...

Posted: April 21, 2025 | Last updated: July 12, 2025 During the dozen years that Pope Francis served as the pontiff, he met each of the three men who served as the U.S. president during his papacy.

The pontiff is viewed more favorably across party lines, although "consistent with the ideological differences in his ratings ...