Overview

• Saturday Night Live's Weekend Update highlighted the historic election of Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost as Pope Leo XIV, the first American to lead the Catholic Church.
• Colin Jost mocked conservative complaints about the new pope being 'too woke,' humorously asserting that 'there are no woke Catholics.'
• Michael Che criticized Trump’s use of an AI-generated image depicting himself as pope, calling it 'juvenile' and drawing laughs for its double entendre.
• Che also lampooned Trump’s proposed 100% tariff on foreign films and his plans to reopen Alcatraz, tying the latter to a joke about Trump’s nicknames for his children.
• The segment has gone viral, sparking conversations about the intersection of religion, politics, and comedy in today’s cultural landscape.