Live updates: the inaugural mass of Pope Leo XIV attracts leader and faithful Catholics
The announcement that vice -president JD Vance would participate in the inauguration mass of Pope Leo XIV included a simple line."Pope Leo XIV is the first American Pope. Vice -president Vance is the first Catholic convert to serve as a vice president," said the notice of the White House.It was neutral, yet telling. The first American Pope holds the San Pietro headquarters at a time when the conservative Catholicism has a political force in the United States, incorporated into the man first in line with the presidency. The relationship between the two will be one of the most observed developments of the papacy of Pope Leo.The selection of the cardinals of Pope Leo tests the relationship between the bishop of Rome and the American right wing. Only four Sundays ago, Mr. Vance has brought his...