VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV has begun correcting some of Pope Francis’ more questionable financial reforms and decisions, canceling a law Monday that had concentrated financial power in the Vatican bank.

Addressing a group of journalists just outside his Castel Gandolfo residence, Villa Barberini, on Oct. 7, the pope said: “Two years ago it was a terroristic attack.”

A group of Chicago grade schoolers is getting a good night's sleep in Rome, ahead of a chance at meeting Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday.

Pope Leo XIV will visit Turkey and Lebanon in late November, the Vatican announced Tuesday. The pontiff's trip will be Nov. 27-Dec. 2.

Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV refused to discuss President Trump's deployment of National Guard troops to his hometown amid local opposition.

(RNS) — Those who hoped that Pope Leo XIV would back away from Pope Francis’ concerns about global warming and the environment were severely disappointed last week. Instead, Leo firmly embraced the environmental agenda Francis laid out in “ Laudato Si’ ,” his historic encyclical that put the church firmly on the side of protecting the planet.