Pope Leo XIV

Portrait of the week: Trump attacks the Pope, Trump praises the King and Melania goes public

18 April 2026 9:00 am

Home Lord Robertson of Port Ellen, the former secretary general of Nato, said: ‘We are under attack. We are not…

How the Pope should retaliate against Donald Trump

13 April 2026 6:44 pm

Imagine that Martin Luther had scrawled his 95 Theses on the back of a Denny’s menu and nailed it to…

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The Pentagon’s holy war with Rome

10 April 2026 5:36 am

America is having its Golden Age, Iran is about to get blasted into the Stone Age… and Elbridge Colby wants…

How Pope Leo XIV is quietly reshaping the Vatican

4 April 2026 9:00 am

On the afternoon of Easter Sunday last year, Pope Francis was driven through St Peter’s Square in an open-topped Popemobile.…

The cardinals spill the beans on the conclave

13 December 2025 9:00 am

Secrets of the Conclave seemed rather optimistically titled, given that everybody at this year’s papal election had made a solemn…

Can Pope Leo end the liturgy wars?

14 June 2025 9:00 am

Last weekend, under windswept banners depicting the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Virgin Mary, nearly 20,000 young pilgrims marched…

Pope Leo XIV – lion or a pussycat?

17 May 2025 9:00 am

Will Pope Leo turn out to be a lion or a pussycat? That depends on what he has to confront,…

Leo XIV’s papacy is off to a surprisingly promising start

17 May 2025 9:00 am

Rome In the days before the conclave that elected Pope Leo XIV, traditionalist Catholics were so worried about interference from…