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

The Vatican doesn’t tax its residents or issue bonds. It primarily finances the Catholic Church’s central government through ...

Dive into the highlights within the Vatican Museum, Sistine Chapel ... skipping the long lines outside to see Michelangelo’s famous Pieta, St. Peter’s grave, and the incredible detail of Bernini’s ...

VATICAN CITY — Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio held their first formal meeting with Pope Leo XIV on Monday as the Trump administration seeks to reset relations with ...

U.S. Vice President JD Vance gave Pope Leo XIV a special Chicago-themed gift during a meeting at the Vatican on Monday. Among the gifts Vance brought to the meeting was a Chicago Bears jersey with ...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio also joined the meeting at the Vatican's Apostolic Palace, which lasted 45 minutes. Both men are Roman Catholic and led the U.S. delegation to Pope Leo's ...

Pope Leo XIV meets with Vice President Vance and his wife Usha, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio and his wife Jeanette. Photo: Vatican Media via Getty ...

VATICAN CITY — After leaving the Marines and beginning his higher education, Vice President JD Vance drifted into atheism — struggling, he would eventually write, with feelings of ...

Just under a month after Pope Francis’s funeral, many reigning monarchs and royal representatives have returned to Vatican City to witness the inauguration of his successor, Pope Leo XIV ...

new video loaded: Pope Leo XIV Holds Inaugural Mass at the Vatican Pope Leo XIV used his homily to plead for peace in warring regions and to call for a more united Roman Catholic Church.

“The only smoke that worked out in their favor was the cigar smoke they had at their receptions,” said Christopher White, the Vatican correspondent for National Catholic Reporter, a liberal ...

World leaders to attend major Vatican event. The inaugural Mass of Pope Leo XIV will take place in St Peter's Square in the Vatican on Sunday at 10.00 to formalise the new pontiff's election as leader ...