Pope Leo XIV

I go solo in this episode of the NewsBusters Podcast to call out the liberal media’s hypocrisy in condemning the 59 refugees from South Africa (because they’re white), while at the same time get hyped about possibly using and abusing Pope Leo XIV as a cudgel against the political right in America. I also examine “comedian” John Oliver’s ignorance of the meaning of religious freedom and Stephen…

What characteristics and priorities should the newly elected pope have? Opinions both in and outside the Catholic Church abound, but the bias and warped priorities programmed into artificial intelligence on this topic may leave even the most avid chatbot fan surprised.

For Tuesday’s edition of The Late Show, CBS’s Stephen Colbert welcomed “Chaplain of the Colbert Nation” Father James Martin to discuss Pope Leo XIV. Both men agreed that one positive thing Leo brings to the papacy is that him being American will force President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance to confront their immigration beliefs, with Colbert ultimately declaring, “He’ll go…

The quick election of a pope born and raised in the United States was a shock to almost everyone outside the Sistine Chapel in Rome. Conclaves begin with secular and Catholic experts making a list of possible "front-runners" and no one had Robert Prevost on their bingo card. For Americans, it was shocking and a bit exhilarating. We were always told that a global church would not want a leader…

May 12: ABC prays Pope Leo XIV will ‘counter’ Trump.

On this episode of the NewsBusters podcast, I discusses the liberal media’s reaction to the Trump administration’s wins on the world stage over the weekend and their begrudging admission of hard truths (or something close enough). I also speaks with podcast producer Ben Graham about the media’s continued attempts to claim Pope Leo XIV as theirs (while trying to pit him against the conservative…

After initially bristling at the election of Pope Leo XIV because of his support for traditional marriage, purported “devout Catholic” and staunch racist Sunny Hostin announced that she changed her mind about the pope. She made it clear during the Monday edition of ABC’s The View that her sudden change in position was driven by the pope’s black ancestry, which she repeatedly praised…

Despite warnings to the contrary, ABC News continues to inject American politics into their coverage of the papacy. The most Trump-averse of the legacy networks continues to wishcast their desire that Pope Leo XIV become an anti-Trump Resistance figure. 

In both 2005 and 2013, when Popes Benedict XVI and Francis were elected, American journalists reacted to each Pope’s elevation by complaining about their traditional conservative attitudes while lobbying for the Church to “liberalize” on a host of issues.

Amazing. Over there in Rome the Cardinals of the Catholic Church have, astonishing the world, elected an American. That would be one Cardinal Robert Prevost, elected as the heir to the chair of St. Peter. The Cardinal, born in Chicago, is now Pope Leo XIV. (For those not into Roman numerals, that would be Leo the 14th.)

Every once in a while, HBO’s Bill Maher feels the need to remind people that he is still an intensely anti-religious individual. Friday’s episode of Real Time was one of those occasions, as Maher used the election of a new pope to launch into multiple anti-religious ramblings in order to portray religious people as unintelligent and violent, but it was Maher who relied on…

The cast of Friday’s PBS News Hour joyfully welcomed the election of Pope Leo XIV on Friday as they tried to claim him as one of their own as all hailed him as the anti-Trump figure the country needs, but all also avoided any parts of Leo that might make them uncomfortable.

On this episode of the NewsBusters Podcast, I’m joined by News Analyst Alex Christy to discuss the liberal media’s covetous reaction to the election of Pope Leo XIV. We breakdown who and which outlets rushed to claim Leo as one of their own, while at the same time trying to downplay and or obfuscate his conservative elements. Yet others were surprised that the leader of the Catholic Church…

While the rest of the liberal media were trying to convince the American public that Pope Leo XIV was one of theirs, the purported Catholics of ABC’s The View were fearful that he would abide by church doctrine. They were upset by the idea that he would continue the church’s understanding that marriage was between a man and woman, while an anti-Catholic voice tried to smear him with…