The problems will now fall to Francis’ successor ... Milone reported his findings to the Vatican’s financial watchdog as well ...

The late Pope Francis sought to battle corruption, but his successor faces the even harder task of balancing the books.

Pope Leo XIV, the first person from the United States to lead the Catholic Church, is taking on a financial headache in his ...

The Vatican, the smallest country in the world, has an economy shrouded in secrecy. Here are some little known facts that ...

“Robert Prevost was a missionary bishop who gave himself fully to his people and who played an important role in the church of his new country, Peru. In fact, he became a Peruvian citizen,” Canadian ...

As the cardinals begin their procession to the Sistine Chapel for the conclave to select a new pope, the world's attention turns to the Vatican and its unique financial structure. The leader of the ...

As cardinals prepare for the largest papal conclave in history, battle lines are being drawn over the direction of the church ...

Pope Leo XIV, the 267th leader of the global Catholic Church and the first U.S. pontiff, will face a number of major ...

Chicago-born Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, has been elected as pontiff. Here's what's anticipated from his papacy when it ...

they have heard reports about the Vatican’s dire financial situation, and have had the chance to speak individually about priorities going forward and problems they identified in Francis ...

For over a decade, Francis had struggled to bring some transparency to the Vatican’s shadowy balance sheet. Now, in the final weeks of his life, advisers were filtering in and out of his austere ...