Before he died, Pope Francis gave away the last of his personal savings to a cause he deeply cared about: bringing hope to ...

Averting a financial crisis “will rank among most pressing issues for the new pontiff,” says Charles Gillespie, PhD, ...

The ailing pope was short of breath, sitting beneath a cherished painting of Mary, Untier of Knots, as he worked through a ...

The Vatican is governed by the Holy See, which oversees stipends and allowances given to the leader of the Catholic church ...

Before Pope Francis died, he donated the money remaining in his personal bank account to fund Pastificio Futuro, a pasta ...

The Pope does not receive a regular salary like other employees or officials. Instead, the Vatican covers his needs, ...

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

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

The 266th pope built an unexpected economic legacy through bold critiques of capitalism and banking systems. Francis' vision ...

When the conclave's cardinals finish casting their ballots under Michelangelo's frescoed ceilings of the Sistine Chapel, the ...

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

Pope Leo XIV’s American and Peruvian experience offers a compelling moral and economic lens through which to examine the ...