According to Cardinal Baldassare Reina, the vicar general of Rome, there are 8,020 priests and deacons currently in the diocese, of which 809 are permanent Rome diocesan priests.

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.

Pope Leo XIV is ending one of the changes instituted by Pope Francis to bring about “Synodality” in the Church.

Bennett stressed that Francis encouraged the charismatic renewal, along with other lay movements, like Pope Benedict XVI and John Paul II before him.

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,

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.

By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -In his first month, Pope Leo has taken a very different approach to his predecessor Francis. Leo, the former Cardinal Robert Prevost, has led some two dozen public events since he was elected as the first U.