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Pope Leo XIV disembarks his plane upon arriving at Turkey

The first American Pope’s first foreign visit is a trip to Turkey

By Nicole Winfield, Serra Yedikardes, and others

FILE – Pope Leo XIV leaves the Augustinian General House in Rome after a visit, Tuesday, May 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis, File)

Can an American pope apply US-style fundraising and standards to fix troubled Vatican finances?

By Nicole Winfield and The Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV stands for a family photo with Vice President JD Vance, second from left, his wife Usha Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, second from right, and his wife Jeanette Dousdebes Rubio, on the occasion of their meeting at the Vatican, Monday, May 19, 2025. (Vatican Media via AP)

Pope Leo XIV meets JD Vance and Marco Rubio as U.S. pushes ceasefire in Russia’s war in Ukraine

By Nicole Winfield, Jacquelyn Martin, and others

Trump and Zelensky sit in chairs face to face during Pope Francis' funeral

Trump and Zelensky quietly meet on the sidelines during Pope Francis’ funeral

By Nicole Winfield, Colleen Barry, and others

Pope Francis is bookended by two bishops clasping their hands together

The Pope says Trump’s mass deportation of migrants ‘will end badly’ because it is ‘built on the basis of force, and not on the truth about the equal dignity of every human being’

By Nicole Winfield and The Associated Press

FILE – Cardinal Michael Czerny meets with journalists at the Vatican press hall, in Rome, on March 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)

Jesuit cardinal warns millions of people will die from Trump administration’s ‘unhuman’ plan to gut USAID

By Nicole Winfield and The Associated Press

Pope Francis delivers his blessing as he recites the Angelus noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St.Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope Francis calls Trump’s mass deportation plans ‘a disgrace’

By Nicole Winfield and The Associated Press

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Pope Francis welcomes avant-garde artists to Vatican: ‘You criticize today’s false myths and new idols, its empty talk, the ploys of consumerism, the schemes of power’

By Nicole Winfield and The Associated Press

ROME, ITALY – APRIL 07: Prince Nicolo’s widow, Rita Jenrette Boncompagni Ludovisi speaks after an auction for what may be one of the world’s most expensive property â a villa in central Rome, Italy on April 07, 2022 with a unique Caravaggio painting and a price tag of almost â¬400 million â failed for a second time on Thursday, leaving its fate in the balance. (Photo by Alvise Armellini/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

U.S.-born princess faces an ‘unjust’ eviction from her crumbling Rome villa that has a Caravaggio painting on the ceiling

By Nicole Winfield and The Associated Press

FLORENCE, ITALY – MAY 02: The David statue by italian rinascimental artist Michelangelo Buonarroti during the presentation of the celebrations for the 140th anniversary of the placement from Piazza della Signoria to the Gallerie dall’Accademia on May 02, 2022 in Florence, Italy. (Photo by Roberto Serra – Iguana Press/Getty Images)

Italy is mystified by Florida parents who forced a school principal to resign over a nude David masterpiece

By Nicole Winfield, Terry Spencer, and others

A statue laying face down in the mud.

A 2,000-year-old statue discovered buried in Tuscany could ‘rewrite history’

By Nicole Winfield and The Associated Press

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The Venice Film Festival will require participants to wear face masks during screenings

By Nicole Winfield and The Associated Press

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Coronavirus outbreak is now a pandemic, according to the WHO

By Nicole Winfield, Colleen Barry, and others

Swiss Rene Bruelhart was the President of the Board of Directors of the Financial Information Authority (AIF) of Vatican City.

Pope Replaces Financial Watchdog Head Amid Continuing Fallout After Vatican Police Raid

By Nicole Winfield and The Associated Press