Former White House chief strategist and ultraconservative Catholic Steve Bannon said Friday Pope Leo XIV's election as first US-born pontiff had been a vote against his old boss Donald Trump and that Leo was the worst choice for the Catholics in the Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement.

Trump congratulated Leo XIV, first US pope. But Robert Prevost has shared critical posts about JD Vance and the president, who joked about being pope.

Before becoming pontiff, the first U.S.-born pope was not shy about criticizing President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance - social media musings that pulled him into the maelstrom of divided U.

Newly-elected Pope Leo XIV appeared to take aim at President Donald Trump Thursday during his first speech as pontiff. American-born Cardinal Robert Prevost echoed the words of the late Pope Francis,

The 78- year-old American President was thrilled to learn that Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was named the leader of the Catholic Church. Taking to his social media platform, Truth Social, on Thursday,

Americans in St. Peter’s Square were stunned and joyous when they learned that an American cardinal, Robert Provost, was elected pope and had taken the name Leo XIV