The Catholics surrounding Trump’s second term are best represented by his vice president, JD Vance, who converted to Catholicism and embraced family-oriented and conservative policies, echoing a general trend of young U.S. Catholic men shifting rightward.

After the pope criticized Trump's deportation plans, MAGA figures have suggested deporting illegal migrants to Vatican City.

The Argentine pope has always been critical of the just-inaugurated U.S. president's immigration policy. However, the world's smallest state continues to maintain a pragmatic diplomacy with the United States.

Karen Vasquez, 44, walked out of jail in Cuba on Sunday, part of a deal brokered by the Vatican under which the Biden administration would loosen sanctions on the communist-run island, while Havana would release more than 500 people from its jails who are considered political prisoners by Washington.

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Donald Trump might not be president yet, but world leaders have been preparing for his second term, including the head of the world’s 1.3 billion Catholics, Pope Francis.

Melania Trump moved from a young Slovenian woman who relocated to the US to build her modelling career and rose through the ranks to become a First Lady.

The pope’s comments provided the latest indication of a potential rekindling of frictions between the Vatican and the next Trump White House.

A coalition of advocacy groups led by the American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal lawsuit Jan. 20 challenging President Donald Trump's Day 1 executive order seeking to change the interpretation of the 14th Amendment,

As of January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump (R) had signed 26 executive orders, four proclamations, and 11 memoranda in his second presidential term, which began on January 20, 2025. Each type of presidential document is different in authority and ...

President Donald Trump signed a series of executive orders including on immigration, birthright citizenship and climate.