One of the greatest challenges facing Pope Leo XIV is financial. He has inherited the Holy See’s chronic, 50 million to 60 ...

Robert Prevost, once a bishop in Peru known for his make-do spirit, now faces the Vatican's financial challenges under Pope Leo XIV. As the first American pope, Leo must address deficits, pension ...

Pope Leo XIV met with members of the Vatican’s child protection advisory commission on Thursday for the first time amid ...

The Vatican doesn’t tax its residents or issue bonds, and it's got a very big budget problem. It primarily finances the ...

Pope Leo XIV is visiting the papal summer palace south of Rome. His visit is fueling speculation about whether he will use it ...

Leo is the first native English speaker to ascend the throne of Peter in nearly 900 years, after Adrian IV in the 12th century. Unlike during the Middle Ages, he does it at a time when Anglophone ...

For this reason, Pope Francis convened the inaugural World Leaders Summit on Children’s Rights at the Vatican earlier this year, which sought to advance children’s protection from violence and ...

Vice President JD Vance, one of the last foreign officials to meet Pope Francis before he died, led the U.S. delegation honoring the Chicago-born Pope Leo. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and ...

As Pope Leo XIV is formally inaugurated, he vows to work for unity and peace at a time of polarization in the Catholic Church and the wider world, with leaders including Vice President Vance and ...

Photo: Oliver Weiken/Zuma Press VATICAN CITY—Pope Leo XIV’s first ... strong continuity with his predecessor, the late Pope Francis, vowing to take forward his “synodal” approach of ...

Leo, the first pope born in the United States, who is a dual citizen of America and Peru, entered the Vatican auditorium ... Leo's predecessor, Pope Francis, also declined to take questions ...

I met the man who would become Pope Leo XIV in October 2023. We were standing outside the Vatican’s Synod Hall, and from my short conversation with Cardinal Robert Prevost, I could tell he was a good ...