"JD Vance kill pope" and "JD Vance killed Pope Francis" were breakout Google search trends following the pope's death.

Three recent X posts from then-Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of Chicago - now Pope Leo XIV - shared items critical of Trump and Vance policies.

At the same time, another narrative started populating social media feeds: that Vice President JD Vance was to blame for the pope's death. The wave of irreverent posts relating to Pope Francis ...

Vice President JD Vance spoke with Ross Douthat on his "Interesting Times" podcast after meeting with the new pope.

In May 2025, a video spread on social media that appeared to show Pope Leo XIV, born Robert Prevost, criticizing U.S. Vice ...

Robert Prevost appears to have previously reposted social media entries that could cause friction with the White House.

Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to the Vatican to attend Sunday’s inaugural mass of Pope Leo XIV, after Vance was the last American official to meet with Pope ...

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV is in a new job that will have many crossovers into politics. It's a realm not entirely unknown to the Chicago-born priest.

Vice President JD Vance is headed back to Vatican City for Pope Leo XIV's inaugural Mass, a week after the first American ...

How will Pope Leo XIV deal with the Catholic bishops in the US who resisted the pastoral priorities set by his Argentine ...