Pope Leo cancelled the Vatican bank's sole authority over investments held by the city-state on Monday, rolling back one of the financial reforms of his predecessor Francis.
U.S. President Donald Trump’s new Vatican ambassador, a right-wing Catholic who was sharply critical of Pope Francis, sought diplomacy on Saturday by giving Pope Leo a chocolate birthday cake.
Pope Leo on Saturday named a French archbishop to lead the Vatican's commission on clergy sexual abuse, his first public move to confront an issue that has damaged the global Church's credibility.
A commission launched by the late Pope Francis proposed financial reforms to avert decades of lost development in poor countries that face onerous repayments as global public debt hits record levels.
Pope Leo XIV, the first American to head the global Catholic Church, pledged on Wednesday to make "every effort" for peace and offered the Vatican as a mediator in global conflicts
