Before he was hospitalized, Francis ordered the creation of a new high-level commission to encourage donations.

Argentine Lower House passed last week a bill creating a commemorative coin as a tribute to Latin America's first Pope. Lawmaker Oscar Cachi Martinez first proposed the measure in April ...

"The footprint of the pope could be severely reduced ... the Vatican to only issuing a fixed amount of euro coins each year, initially set at a sum of 2.3 million euros. The global Catholic ...