The meeting with the U.N. chief took place in the pope's study in the Paul VI Audience Hall before the pope's morning general audience in St. Peter's Square, the Vatican press office said in a communique.

Al Pacino and film producer Andrea Iervolino met with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican, Iervolino shared on his Instagram page Monday. Iervolino, who is the producer of the upcoming film “Maserati: The Brothers,

The world's smallest country has a big budget problem.The Vatican doesn’t tax its residents or issue bonds. It primarily finances the Catholic Church's central government through donations that have been plunging,