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Explore how Pope Leo turns to American Catholic conservatives amid Vatican's financial struggles, looking to stabilize the Church's strained budget.
The Vatican launches a new campaign to boost donations from the faithful with an American-style publicity pitch, an effort ...
Pope Leo XIV on Sunday celebrated a special feast day traditionally used by the Catholic Church to drum up donations from the ...
Leo celebrated Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica, marking the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul, during which he gave the pallium woolen stole to 54 new archbishops.
His bank was linked to the Vatican, a masonic group and the Mafia – and his murder left many unanswered questions. Roberto Calvi was the chairman of the prestigious Banco Ambrosiano, ...
The Vatican Bank, known formally as the Institute for the Works of Religion (IOR), was established in 1942 by Pope Pius XII and is used by Vatican agencies, church organisations, ...
The Institute for the Works of Religion, commonly known as the Vatican bank, reported increased profits in 2024 and gave a slightly larger dividend check to Pope Francis, who used the entire ...
Pope Leo Inherits Cleaned Up Vatican Bank That’s Making Money From offices just off St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican, Jean-Baptiste Douville de Franssu, a former executive at the money ...
Vatican City, Jun 11, 2025 / 15:48 pm. The Institute for the Works of Religion (IOR, by its Italian acronym), popularly known as the Vatican Bank — a small financial institution with just over ...