Pope Leo XIV appointed Monsignor Renzo Pegoraro to head the academy; he says he will focus on artificial intelligence, bioengineering and end-of-life issues.

The Vatican wanted a complete makeover of the vatican.va website. The catch was it had to be ready to launch with the election of the new pope. Graphic designer Juan Carlos Ytō talks about how he took on the challenge.

From offices just off St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican, Jean-Baptiste Douville de Franssu, a former executive at the money-management firm Invesco Ltd., and Gian Franco Mammì watch over €5.7 billion ($6.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV made his first appointment of a Chinese bishop under the Vatican’s 2018 agreement with Beijing, signaling he is continuing one of Pope Francis’ most controversial foreign policy decisions.

The 2018 accord sought to resolve the issue of who has authority to appoint bishops.

As indicated in the annual report published Wednesday by the Holy See Press Office, the net profit of 32.8 million euros represents a 7% increase compared with 2023.

German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul met with leading Vatican officials on Thursday, ahead of an international conference in the Italian capital focused on EU security and the war in Ukraine. Germany's top diplomat was received by Vatican Secretary of State Pietro Parolin and Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher,

Pope Leo XIV is to hike the salaries of Vatican staff and officials, sources said Thursday. They said he meant to follow up on the change that began at the very beginning of his pontificate when he reinstated the Conclave bonus of 500 euros for all employees that had been abolished by his predecessor,