He saw an opportunity to turn a signature Kentucky product, and his access to Pope Francis as a papal missionary of mercy, into a way to help those in need by auctioning off bourbon bottles signed by the pope.

Father Edward Beck joins Abby Phillip’s panel to discuss the Pope’s letter to bishops admonishing the Trump immigration policy. Father Beck says in response to Border Czar Tom Homan’s comments that the Pope is doing his job and speaking out to protect vulnerable people.

Supporters of President Donald Trump have attacked Pope Francis after the pontiff spoke against the Republican's mass deportation plans. Newsweek has contacted the Vatican for comment via email. The fallout highlights a potential growing ideological divide between conservative Catholicism and Trump's MAGA base.

Pope Francis used "ordo amoris" to encourage compassion for all people. Vice President JD Vance used the ancient concept to defend deportations.

Pope Francis's condition "remains critical", the Vatican said Sunday on his 10th day in hospital as Catholics around the world prayed for the 88-year-old's recovery.

"Thank you for your closeness, and for the consoling prayers I have received from all over the world!" In a late update on Sunday, the Vatican said Francis remains in critical condition and blood tests show early kidney failure but he remains alert and "well-oriented.

Cardinal Farrell, Dallas' former bishop, oversees Vatican affairs as Camerlengo following Pope Francis' health crisis.

The pope looms so large in everyday Italian life that there are lots of expressions that make light of even a dark event like his death. “A pope dies, they make another,” goes one,

The pope does not name Trump in his letter, but it is a clear directive to resist the demonization of migrants and refugees.

Priest Agustin Lopez leads a Mass for the health of Pope Francis at Caacupe church in the Carlos Mugica neighborhood in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Rodrigo

You wouldn’t think a nice Jewish girl would be celebrating Conclave winning the BAFTA award for Best Picture and the film’s eight Academy Award nominations. Yet I actually met the holy father with my own father in 1995.