The Vatican doesn’t tax its residents or issue bonds, and it's got a very big budget problem. It primarily finances the Catholic Church’s central government through donations that have ...

Can Pope Leo XIV solve the Vatican funding crisis? Here’s how the Holy See manages money. The Vatican doesn’t tax its residents or issue bonds, and it's got a big budget problem ...

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The document was presented at the Vatican’s Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences on June 20 as one of the main initiatives ...

FILE - A view of the empty St. Peter's Square as Pope Francis is delivering the Angelus noon prayer from his studio, at the Vatican, Jan. 6, 2021. Andrew Medichini - AP Facebook ...

New donors . The Vatican bank and the city state's governorate, which controls the museums, also make annual contributions to the pope. As recently as a decade ago, the bank gave the pope around ...

In the U.S., donation baskets are passed around at every Sunday Mass. Not so at the Vatican. Untapped real estate. The Vatican has 4,249 properties in Italy and 1,200 more in London, Paris, Geneva ...

The Vatican has 4,249 properties in Italy and 1,200 more in London ... questions as the number of church-going Catholics in parts of the U.S. and Europe shrinks and once-full churches stand empty.

Pope Leo XIV seemed happy to join in on a White Sox chant while greeting followers at the Vatican. What's next for Karen Read after her acquittal? Eric Dane opens up about ALS diagnosis Iranian ...

Sent by his religious order to Hong Kong to share the Gospel in Asia, one Catholic priest's missionary work is raising hell -- but not with the Chinese Communist Party.

Some 70% generate no income because they house Vatican or other church offices; the remaining 10% are rented at reduced rents to Vatican employees. In 2023, these properties only generated 35 ...