The Catholic Church leader is also linked to Angelina Jolie and Hillary Clinton, according to The New York Times.

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

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.

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

Pope Leo XIV, a Chicago native and the first American pope, wore a White Sox baseball cap during a public appearance at the Vatican, setting the tone for his papal style.

Pope Leo XIV has appointed a new president for the Vatican’s Pontifical Academy for Life, a bioethics think tank that Catholic conservatives criticized under Pope Francis for departing from official church teaching on issues such as contraception and euthanasia.

The 69-year-old former Cardinal Robert Prevost, the first U.S. pope in history, has led around two dozen public events since his election on May 8, but has yet to make significant appointments, announce foreign trips,

The program on Saturday in Chicago includes music, prayer, speeches and Pope Leo’s first public address to an American audience.

A British UFO researcher and filmmaker is hopeful that Pope Leo will be the one to finally reveal the Vatican's hidden knowledge on UFO phenomena.

One of the greatest challenges facing Pope Leo XIV is financial. He has inherited the Holy See’s chronic, 50 million to 60 million euro ($57-68 million) structural deficit, a 1 billion euro ($1.14 billion) pension fund shortfall and declining donations.

An Italian teen who died from leukemia at age 15 is to become the first saint from the millennial generation after Pope Leo XIV set a date for his canonization.