Pope Leo XIV Archives

— Pope Leo XIV, on X.

The Messiah of Mar-a-Lago is just a sin-tarnished demented dope,
Whose attempts to co-opt religion led him down a slippery slope.
So he picks stupid fights with the Vatican,
Because he thinks he’s a Medieval king who can
Appoint his own alternative, MAGA-aligned Mar-a-Lago pope.

Pope Leo Is Not Intimidated by Trump

April 14, 2026 Buck Banks

“I will not shy away from announcing the message of the gospel and inviting all people to look for ways of building bridges of peace and reconciliation. The message of the gospel is very clear: Blessed are the peacemakers. … I have no fear of the Trump administration.”

— “Pope Leo vowed to carry on speaking out against war after President Trump launched an extraordinary tirade against the pontiff on social media,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

Pope Leo Calls for Peace in Easter Message

April 6, 2026 Buck Banks

“Let those who have the power to unleash wars choose peace! Not a peace imposed by force, but through dialogue! Not with the desire to dominate others, but to encounter them! We are growing accustomed to violence, resigning ourselves to it, and becoming indifferent. Indifferent to the deaths of thousands of people.”

— Pope Leo XIV used his first Easter speech Sunday to deliver a resounding call for peace in times of renewed war, declaring, “Let those who have weapons lay them down!,” the Washington Post reports.

Pope Leo Evades JD Vance’s Grip of Death

May 19, 2025 Buck Banks

17 seconds

“Pope Leo XIV spurned J.D. Vance on Sunday, offering him a quick greeting after his inaugural mass while holding extensive private meetings with other world leaders,” the Daily Beast reports. “The first American pope shook Vance’s hand during a brief, 17-second exchange during the procession line after the mass.”

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Pope Posts on X

“Woe to those who manipulate religion and the very name of God for their own military, economic, and political gain, dragging that which is sacred into darkness and filth.”

— Pope Leo XIV, on X.

Pope on a Rope

Pope Leo Is Not Intimidated by Trump

“I will not shy away from announcing the message of the gospel and inviting all people to look for ways of building bridges of peace and reconciliation. The message of the gospel is very clear: Blessed are the peacemakers. … I have no fear of the Trump administration.”

— “Pope Leo vowed to carry on speaking out against war after President Trump launched an extraordinary tirade against the pontiff on social media,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

Pope Leo Calls for Peace in Easter Message

— Pope Leo XIV used his first Easter speech Sunday to deliver a resounding call for peace in times of renewed war, declaring, “Let those who have weapons lay them down!,” the Washington Post reports.

Pope Leo Evades JD Vance’s Grip of Death

17 seconds

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

— Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), on Benny Johnson’s podcast.

— Pew Research

— Tom Nichols

Numerati

42%

A new Gallup poll finds 42% of young men saying religion is very important to them, up sharply from 28% in 2022-2023. By contrast, during this period, young women’s attachment to religion has held steady at about 30%.

+50%

US business adoption of AI crosses 50% for the first time in March, according to Ramp AI Index; Anthropic goes from 7% to 30% market share year-over-year, nearly equal to OpenAI (35%).

4%

72%

A new Yale Youth Poll finds 57% of all voters disapprove of Donald Trump’s job performance as president, including 68% of voters aged 18-22 and 72% of voters aged 23-29. Compared to the fall 2025 poll, Trump has lost the most ground with women under 35 and men under 30.

47.6