“Is “Young Pope” the first time a SNL sketch has become TV series?” comedian Jim Gaffigan tweeted at the time. 11. Sebastian Roché and Jude Law in “The Young Pope.” HBO.

To have a pope as young as 47 would be shocking on its own, but a young pope who is also American seems unimaginable. Until now. “The Young Pope,” HBO’s newest masterpiece that premiered on Sunday, ...

Interestingly, the last decade has had no shortage of Pope-themed movies and shows. HBO had both The Young Pope and its sequel series The New Pope, both starring Jude Law. The Two Popes, with ...

Then the hosts consider how recent cultural offerings, from last year’s “Conclave” to the HBO series “The Young Pope,” depict the power and pageantry of the Church, with varying degrees ...

The 40,000-year-old Hohle Fels Venus, for instance, is from southern Germany, and the famed Venus of Willendorf, which is 30,000 years old, hails from Austria.