Not Vice-President J.D. Vance, who may be the most prominent Catholic convert in the United States, but Marco Rubio, the ...

"There's nothing calculated about the man," says the author.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is scheduled to meet this week with Pope Leo XIV in Italy, with planned topics including the Middle East and Cuba.

Unlike Pope Francis, Pope Leo XIV wore the mozzetta, or traditional red cape, for his first appearance as pope on ...

When Pope Leo XIV stepped onto the balcony of St. Peter’s in May 2025, the moment felt unusually restrained. A scholar-administrator from Chicago, he appeared in the red mozzetta and moved into the ...

This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. President Trump reportedly likes to go around asking aides about who his successor should be: J. D. Vance or ...

Vance was looking to convert. Rod claims had initially wanted to bring him into the Orthodox faith, but decided Catholicism ...

Trump previously described Pope Leo as "WEAK on Crime" and Vance urged the Vatican to "stick to matters of morality" amid the pope's opposition to their war with Iran Simone Risoluti Vatican Media via ...

I t’s a low bar, perhaps, but no one in the Trump administration seems to be having more fun at the moment than Marco Rubio.

As white smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel chimney, Sister Nathalie Becquart’s phone rang. It was her brother, calling to announce the birth of his fourth child, Céleste. At the same time, Jorge ...