About six months into the second Trump presidency, Republicans are charting a collision course with the Catholic Church.

Trump congratulated Leo XIV, first US pope. But Robert Prevost has shared critical posts about JD Vance and the president, who joked about being pope.

Vice President JD Vance defended President Trump for sharing a photo of himself as the pope, writing in a Saturday social media post he's "fine with people telling jokes." The big picture: While ...

JD Vance is attending Pope Leo's inaugural mass. The trip could set the tone for the Trump administration's relationship with the new pope.

(The Hill) — Vice President Vance defended President Trump from criticism regarding his Friday Truth Social post portraying himself as a pontiff days after the death of Pope Francis. “Hey ...

Pope Francis denounced the Trump administration's plan to carry out mass deportations of migrants in a letter to U.S. bishops Tuesday, while appearing to take a direct jab at Vice President JD Vance.

VATICAN CITY — After JD Vance invoked a medieval Catholic concept to defend the Trump administration’s migrant crackdowns, Pope Francis responded with a rebuke. Vance, a converted Catholic ...

Vance, who used to admire Christopher Hitchens’s uncompromising atheism, converted to Catholicism in 2019 at the age of 35. As one of the last people to see the Pope on Easter Sunday, he has ...

A letter from President Donald Trump was also given to Leo XIV. Pope Leo XIV exchanges gifts with Vice President JD Vance and his wife, Usha Vance, during a private audience at the Apostolic ...

Trump congratulated Leo XIV, first US pope. But Robert Prevost has shared critical posts about JD Vance and the president, who joked about being pope.