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.

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.

Newlyweds Cole and Anna Stevens received Pope Leo XIV’s personal blessing for their marriage during one of the pope’s first general audiences on June 11.

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

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Pope Leo Returns to Tradition: A Summer Break at a Papal Villa For 400 years, most popes escaped the Roman summer in the hilltop town of Castel Gandolfo, Italy.