How will the new Pope manage the Vatican's finances?

新教皇将如何管理梵蒂冈的财政?

Business Matters

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2025-05-09

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  • Hello and welcome to Business Matters.

  • I'm Roger Hearing.

  • On the programme today, there's a new Pope.

  • How will Leo XIV tackle the financial problems gripping the Vatican?

  • Also, the UK cuts a deal with the US on trade.

  • But is it as important as Donald Trump and Keir Starmer say it is?

  • And Bill Gates wants to give away his fortune before he dies.

  • How easy is it to make his billions of dollars achieve what he wants for the world's poorest?

  • And I'll be joined throughout the program by two guests on opposite sides of the world.

  • Memal Safraz, journalist based in Pakistan, who's joining us on the line from Lahore.

  • Memal, a very good morning to you.

  • Good morning, Roger.

  • Good to have you there.

  • And across the other side of the world, Emily Peck,

  • markets correspondent for Axios, who's joining us on the line from New York.

  • Emily, a very good evening to you.

  • Hi, good evening, Roger.

  • Good to have you both there with us.

  • Well, we will start with you, Mehmal,

  • because it's not something we're going to explore in great detail on this programme.