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.

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.

Blessed Carlo Acutis, the first millennial saint, and Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, who dedicated his life to serving the poor and sick, will be canonized together on Sept. 7.

The Vatican wanted a complete makeover of the vatican.va website. The catch was it had to be ready to launch with the election of the new pope. Graphic designer Juan Carlos Ytō talks about how he took on the challenge.

The canonisation of the first Catholic saint of the millennial generation, Carlo Acutis, will take place on September 7, Pope Leo announced on Friday. Acutis, a British-born Italian who died from leukaemia in 2006 at the age of 15,

Carlo Acutis, an Italian teenager, was meant to be made a saint in April, but the ceremony was postponed because of Pope Francis’ death.