Rubio Meets Pope Leo as Both Sides Agree on One Word, Frank
A half-hour closed-door audience between the first U.S. Pope and Trump's most senior Catholic, both sides pre-staged the meeting with the word 'frank,' and the readout is the test.
Anna Weber
Bureau: Berlin
Pope Leo Marks First Anniversary Friday With A Pompeii Pilgrimage Not A State Address
Leo XIV will spend his pontificate's first anniversary at a Marian shrine, signaling pastoral continuity rather than a state-of-the-papacy speech.
Stars and Stripes Day Eleven Holds as Smith Op-Ed Travels and Pentagon Says Nothing
Day eleven since the firing — Smith's farewell column keeps getting republished while the Pentagon stops answering Congress.
The Vatican Has Not Answered the 1995 Pachamama Photograph for Fifty Days
Fifty days after a 1995 photo emerged showing the future Pope Leo XIV at an Augustinian Pachamama rite, the Vatican has issued no formal answer.