In 'Struck Down, Not Destroyed,' America’s Vatican correspondent Colleen Dulle offers a powerful testament to her own commitment to the church—a commitment where scrutiny and critique go hand in hand ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to Rome and Vatican City this week in a bid to ease rising tensions between ...

The Vice President, who converted to Catholicism in 2019, also remarked on the heightened tension between the Trump Administration and the Vatican.

Italian peacekeepers have replaced a statue of Jesus Christ in a village in southern Lebanon after an Israeli soldier was pictured taking what appears to be a hammer or ax to the figure.

Trump posted an apparently AI-generated picture of himself as Jesus Christ. It comes amid tensions with the pope. What did Pope Leo say about Trump?

President Donald Trump in May 2025 posted an apparent AI image depicting himself as a Catholic pope after the death of Pope ...

Polling released Wednesday showed that the vast majority of Americans reacted negatively to multiple religiously-tinged ...

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Why is Donald Trump attacking the Pope and posing as Jesus in Truth Social post? Here's what president said about Pope Leo and Trump Jesus picture.

President Donald Trump’s war of words with Pope Leo XIV and his subsequent posting of an AI image of himself as Jesus Christ have sparked a rift among Republicans in the Senate just when the GOP needs ...

WASHINGTON (RNS) — The increase in faith-fueled militaristic rhetoric is pitting the president against a growing list of faith leaders, ranging from local clergy to the pope. WASHINGTON (RNS) — On ...