What an extraordinary time the last few weeks have been for the overwhelmingly positive media coverage the Catholic Church has enjoyed. The illness and death of Pope Francis was followed by the election of our new pope, Leo XIV. In different ways, one event fed on the other, with blanket coverage on all the major channels.

Hollywood and the media love intrigue. And the interregnum in the Catholic Church provides much fodder for an institution that has long resisted secularism.

President Donald Trump reacted to the selection of the new pope and leader of the Catholic Church on Thursday.

It's easy to be distracted by Trump's social media antics, which now go past the point of poor taste and have lapsed into the range of blasphemy.

May 12 (UPI) --Pope Leo XIV on Monday called for a kinder, gentler media, one that speaks up for ... Gaza war in 2023 over its efforts to block coverage of the Palestinian West Bank and Gaza ...

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