Breitbart Business Digest: Will the IRS Tax Pope Leo XIV’s Vatican Apartment?
The election of the first American pope has tax lawyers wondering if the IRS will try to collect taxes on the new Pontiff’s in-kind compensation.

The election of the first American pope has tax lawyers wondering if the IRS will try to collect taxes on the new Pontiff’s in-kind compensation.
Peruvians are enthusiastically celebrating the election on Thursday of Pope Leo XIV as the 267th Bishop of Rome.
Comedian Lewis Black, star of Disney’s animated hit movie “Inside Out,” filled in as guest host of “The Daily Show” on Thursday and excoriated the Catholic Church with jokes about Cardinals sexually abusing children as they met to choose the new pope.
Pope Leo XIV delivered his first homily on Friday morning since being elected to be the terrestrial head of the Catholic Church, emphasizing the challenge of leading people to Jesus in a world that often disparages the faith as “absurd” or “weak.”
The Chinese Foreign Ministry issued a brief statement on Friday congratulating Pope Leo XIV on his ascent to the helm of the Catholic Church.
The internet has been going wild with memes celebrating the election of Pope Leo XIV, with many having a laugh over him being a Chicago native and a White Sox fan.
Pope Leo XIV delivered his first homily, a sermon in the Catholic liturgy, on Friday morning after being chosen by the College of Cardinals as the successor to St. Peter the Apostle on May 8.
The Chicago Cubs launched a preemptive strike on Thursday, claiming that Chicago-native and newly elected Pope Leo XIV is a Cubs fan.
Pope Leo XIV, the newly-elected leader of the Catholic Church, previously opposed the promotion of gender theory.
Argentine President Javier Milei celebrated the election of Pope Leo XIV on Thursday by sharing an image on social media, apparently generated by artificial intelligence, of a lion in papal regalia.
The ascendency of the first American to the Chair of Peter was apparently not enough of a solemn occasion to prevent ABC’s conclave anchors from taking a shot at the new pontiff’s purported baseball team.
President Donald Trump congratulated Pope Leo XIV on being elected pope after a historic conclave that placed an American for the first time at the helm of the Catholic Church.
The Catholic Church elected its new leader on Thursday when the conclave ended with the selection of Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost.
A North Carolina school board member became upset after a Christian board member suggested on April 14 that leaders adopt a prayer before their meetings.
Rep. Keith Self (R-TX) has introduced the Military Chaplains Act of 2025 to support and protect military chaplains in all branches of the armed forces.
Brad Arnold, the lead singer of the rock band 3 Doors Down, revealed Wednesday that he has recently been diagnosed with stage 4 kidney cancer. “That’s not real good, but we serve a mighty God, and he can overcome anything,” the “It’s Not My Time” singer said.
The Chinese Communist Party barely mentioned the death of Pope Francis, with whom it negotiated for years, and failed to send a representative to his funeral as a “brutal message” to repressed Christians at home, one of the world’s top experts on Christian persecution told Breitbart News this week.
Let the voting – and prayers – begin. One hundred and thirty-three Roman Catholic cardinals from 66 countries gathered for Mass on Wednesday morning before the start of a conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis now underway behind the Vatican’s walls.
The Trump administration announced Monday that it is stopping all federal grants to Harvard University.
President Donald Trump said that “Catholics loved” the AI image depicting him as the pope, which the official White House account posted on Saturday.
Thousands of people on Saturday made their public profession of faith in God during an incredible even in Huntington Beach, California.
President Donald Trump on Friday shared an AI image of himself dressed as the pope and received lots of reactions.
On Friday’s “Alex Marlow Show,” Pastor Allen Jackson of Allen Jackson Ministries discussed good and evil. Jackson said, “[F]or every action, there’s an opposite and equal reaction. So, if you’re going to believe in there’s a force for good in
On Friday’s “Alex Marlow Show,” Pastor Allen Jackson of Allen Jackson Ministries talked about the assassination attempt on President Trump in Pennsylvania. Jackson said, “I don’t know any way to explain him surviving that event in Pennsylvania apart from divine
Vatican workers installed the simple stove in the Sistine Chapel where ballots will be burned during the conclave to elect a new pope and began taking measures to block any electronic interference with their deliberations, as jockeying continued Saturday outside over who among the cardinals was in the running.
Hindu nationalist Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi honored the memory of the recently deceased Pope Francis during an event on Friday, stating that the late Catholic pontiff “will always inspire me.”
Ibrahim Bharmal, a graduate student at Harvard University who was charged with assaulting a Jewish student at an anti-Israel protest in 2023, has received a $65,000 fellowship from the Harvard Law Review.
Preparations for the conclave progressed with installation of chimney from Sistine Chapel to signal election of a successor to Pope Francis.
WASHINGTON–President Donald Trump held a National Day of Prayer ceremony at the White House on Thursday, where he signed an executive order establishing the “Religious Liberty Commission.”
Even for non-Catholics, the pope is a figure of world significance who can affect politics in every nation around the globe, as Francis, the first pope from Latin America, clearly did.
President Donald Trump fired former Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council, along with others nominated by President Joe Biden, on Tuesday, his 100th day in office.
Hundreds of lawyers are leaving the Department of Justice (DOJ) Civil Rights Division — a division that had become notorious for partisan litigation, focusing on Democratic Party priorities instead of civil rights.
Antisemitic, pro-Palestinian mobs have been targeting synagogues in New York City over the past several days over appearances by far-right Israeli politician Itamar Ben Gvir, Israel’s national security minister.
A commencement date for the conclave to elect a successor to the late Pope Francis was announced Monday by the Vatican.
Roman Catholic faithful began visiting the tomb of Pope Francis on Sunday, filing past the simple white tomb in St. Mary Major Basilica a day after he was bade farewell by the powerful of the world and a crowd of hundreds of thousands.
A funeral Mass is being given for Pope Francis, with hundreds of thousands of mourners gathering with church leaders and political figures.
President Trump joined the gathered mourners outside St Peter’s Basilica, having flown overnight to Italy for the funeral of Pope Francis.
Catholic faithful around the world expressed indignation this week after videos and pictures of individuals taking selfies next to Pope Francis’s open casket began circulating on social media.
Longtime “Saturday Night Live” star Bowen Yang received applause and laughter from “The View” co-hosts and the show’s audience after he called Vice President JD Vance “a pope killer.”
President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump have departed the United States for Italy, where they will attend Pope Francis’s funeral on Saturday morning.