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.

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

The Holy Father asked for the intercession of Our Lady, Queen of Peace before praying his first Angelus in the square in Latin and urging his listeners to pray for the end of conflicts in different ...

Pope Leo XIV has made waves with some of his fashion choices, returning to much of the traditional pomp of popes past. Vatican watchers wonder if Leo’s sartorial choices mean a return to the past ...

VATICAN CITY — The world's smallest country has a big budget problem. The Vatican doesn't tax its residents or issue bonds. It primarily finances the Catholic Church's ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 55 million ...

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.

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 ...