Fitzgerald, who spent his career in real estate private equity, said American donors — especially the younger generation — ...

During his 12-year pontificate, Pope Francis urged Catholics to shake up ... on Church reform to mismanagement of the Vatican’s finances, new Pope Leo XIV will bring much-needed tradition ...

Reforms and unfinished business Pope Francis was elected in 2013 on a mandate to reform the Vatican’s opaque finances and made progress during his 12-year pontificate, mostly on the regulatory ...

Pope Leo also inherits the Vatican's troubled finances, which Francis tried to fix even in his final months. The Vatican faces an €83 million ($93.4 million) budget shortfall, according to ...

In terms of money, Pope Francis scored by bringing the Vatican’s fragmented finances under central control, and giving top jobs, including leadership of its once-notorious bank, to professional ...

It is here that the Vatican's finances, in particular its real estate ... because one of the consequences of the profound financial reforms Pope Francis began in 2014 is that the Vatican Bank ...

Less than a month after the death of Pope Francis, a baseball signed by the late Catholic leader sold for $18,750 at RR Auctions. Randy Kaplan, a prolific collector of baseballs from world leaders ...

It was disconcerting to watch JD Vance being received by the ailing Pope Francis at the Vatican this past Easter. The pope, like a character in a cheap airport thriller, had 24 hours to live.

The talks took place as some on the American right who had clashed with Pope Francis, Leo’s predecessor, seek better ties with the papacy. By Elizabeth Dias Reporting from Vatican City Pope Leo ...

When Pope Francis died, the morning after Easter, prominent right-wing Catholics leapt at the chance to lobby for a more conservative, even Trumpian, leader of the Church. Far-right pundit Jack ...

Pope Leo XIV, history’s first American pope, appeared in St. Peter’s Square before 150,000 faithful and world leaders in Vatican City on May 18, 2025 Delegations representing countries ...