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Newly elected Pope Leo XIV appears at the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) Alabama News
Mobile Archbishop asks for prayers after Trump calls Pope Leo XIV 'bad for foreign policy'

Archbishop of Mobile Mark S. Rivituso responded Monday to a Truth Social post from President Donald Trump calling Pope Leo XIV weak on crime and terrible for foreign policy.

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Jeff Minick: Weighing papal words with wisdom and discernment

We needn’t agree with opinions and ideas that flow out of the Vatican. Yet given past encyclicals and their relevance to the culture, all Christians and preservationists of Western culture would do well to pay attention when the pope speaks. 

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV appears at the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) Alabama News
'Will be praying for him': Alabama politicos react to Pope Leo XIV as the first American elected pope

Just one day, after the 133 cardinal electors began choosing the new pope and leader of the universal Catholic Church, the smoke signaled that a decision had been made.