Stephen Colbert celebrated the election of a new Pope during his May 8 monologue on “The Late Show” by throwing shade at vice president Jd Vance. America-born Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was chosen as the 267th Pope by 133 cardinals on the second day of the conclave. The new pontiff is the first American Pope in history and has taken the name Leo Xiv.

“Of course, there’s lots of speculation on whether Leo will continue the progressive reforms of his friend, Pope Francis,” Colbert said about the new Pope. “No one knows for sure yet, but we do know that in February, he did tweet, ‘Jd Vance is wrong. Jesus doesn’t ask us to rank our love for others.’”

“Holy Father, you had me at ‘Jd Vance is wrong,’” Colbert quipped as the studio audience roared with cheers.

Vance appeared on Fox News in January and attempted to invoke a...