Barack Obama and Pope Leo XIV might seem like an unlikely pair, but the former president and newly-elected religious leader actually have a lot in common.

Lou Prevost, one of two older siblings of the new pontiff, also advanced a conspiracy theory about Barack Obama.

“That would be my number one choice.” Obama, Biden and Bush also reacted to the selection of Pope Leo XIV. Obama, a fellow Chicagoan, congratulated the religious leader and marked this as “a ...

Former President Obama congratulated Pope Leo XIV, a Chicago native, on his selection as the next pontiff for the Roman Catholic Church. “Michelle and I send our congratulations to a fellow ...

as former President Barack Obama sent a message on social media. "Michelle and I send our congratulations to a fellow Chicagoan, His Holiness Pope Leo XIV," the former president said on X.

Barack Obama congratulated Pope Leo XIV on X, formerly Twitter. "We will pray for him as he begins the sacred work of leading the Catholic Church," he wrote in part. Pope Leo XIV is the first ...