US EditionPope Leo XIV encourages wealthy US Catholics to keep donating
The foundation approved more than $15 million in 2026 grants and added 25 new families after Leo’s election lifted donations.
- The Papal Foundation announced a record $15 million in grants for 2026, as Pope Leo XIV met with members at the Apostolic Palace in Rome during their annual pilgrimage.
- Founded in 1988 by Cardinal John Krol, the organization has attracted 25 new families since Pope Leo XIV's election, reflecting how the American pope's leadership has invigorated American Catholics and their charitable giving.
- Grants have totaled more than $270 million over four decades, funding scholarships for priests and nuns from poor countries. For 2026, approved projects include a school for marginalized tribal children in India and professional technical training for vulnerable women in the Philippines.
- While The Papal Foundation's contributions remained strong during Pope Francis' 12-year pontificate, other donations to the Holy See declined amid COVID-19, financial crises, and reports of mismanagement, making the foundation's steady support increasingly vital.
- "Your generosity," Pope Leo XIV said, "has allowed countless people to experience in a concrete fashion the goodness and kindness of God," as he urged stewards to serve as instruments of peace during the Easter Season.
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Pope Leo XIV encourages wealthy U.S. Catholics to keep donating
Pope Leo XIV on Saturday encouraged some of the wealthiest U.S. Catholics to keep on giving to support his charitable works, in an audience that confirmed how the election of the first U.S.-born pope has invigorated American Catholics and their donations.
Today the Pope encouraged some of the richest Catholics in the United States to continue to contribute to support their charitable works, in an audience that confirmed how their election reinvigorated the American Catholics and their donations. Leo XIV met at the Apostolic Palace in Rome with members of the Papal Foundation, one of the main funders of papal projects in developing countries. In his speech, Leo XIV thanked the administrators of th…
The pope urged some of the richest American Catholics on Saturday to continue donating to support his charitable works, at an audience that confirmed how the election of the first U.S.-born pontiff has revitalized Catholics in the country and their contributions.
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