Which brings us to Williams, who saw the news of Pope Leo being named to the papacy and posted a terrific joke on X (formerly Twitter): a reference to the Bill Swerski's Superfans SNL sketch that ...

In a historic turn, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost from Chicago becomes Pope Leo XIV. He succeeds Pope Francis. Prevost's election marks the first time an American ascends to the papacy.

While U.S. Catholics expressed shock, awe and gratitude, social media users, in typical internet fashion, could not wait to start cracking jokes ... Posts and memes to that effect exploded ...

“They can’t take a joke,” Trump said ... When asked about the “Pope Trump” meme in Rome, Dolan said, “Well, it’s not good.” There has never been an American pope and Dolan is ...

Which leads us to the latest meme -- if you want to call it that, maybe it's just a bunch of jokes -- going around social media. It's all the jokes being made about the conclave and how it's like ...

Donald Trump is a red lightsaber-wielding character in White House's Star Wars day post. The White House’s Star Wars Day message has sparked a wave of mockery online after it shared an AI ...

The pope is a White Sox fan. Social media posts and memes exploded across social media soon after Pope Leo XIV was named and appeared outside the Vatican. Here’s just a sampling: Chicago ...

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Marni Rose McFall is a Newsweek reporter based in London, U.K. Her focus is on internet trends, U.S. politics and popular culture. She has covered fashion, culture, art and music extensively.