Pope Leo XIV will head to the lakeside town of Castel Gandolfo for his summer vacation. After 12 years of papal absence, locals are eager to welcome him.

Pope Leo XIV picks up where Pope Francis left off, and embraces a new Mass focused on the environment, care for the Earth and climate change.

It was one of the first times Leo has spoken unscripted at length in public, responding to questions posed to him by the children.

Pope Leo XIV met with children and adolescents participating in the Vatican’s summer camp for kids. Some 300 Ukrainian youth were also in the audience.

Vatican City, Jul 5, 2025 / 08:30 am Two months into his pontificate, Pope Leo XIV will leave Rome to spend two weeks on a pontifical estate in the lakeside town of Castel Gandolfo, 18 miles south ...

Pope Leo XIV has signaled that creation care will be a key area of interest for him as well and a point of continuity between Leo and his predecessors on social issues, especially the environment.

Pope Leo said on Thursday he hopes to travel to Turkey later this year for the 1,700th anniversary of a major Christian Church summit, in what would be the first foreign trip of his papacy.

Pope Leo XIV celebrated Mass at St. Thomas of Villanova church in Castel Gandolfo, which has ties to his Augustinian religious order.

Pope Leo XIV's hometown approves the purchase of his childhood home in hopes of reviving the village Dolton residents were skeptical at Tuesday’s board meeting, questioning whether the ...

Dolton village trustees vote to buy Pope Leo XIV's childhood home What was once an average home in Chicago's south suburbs has now received national attention for being the childhood home of Pope ...

Pope Leo XIV’s childhood home is seen in Dolton, Illinois, May 9, 2025. (photo: Vincent Johnson for the National Catholic Register) ...