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Fluent in English, Spanish and Italian, Pope Leo XIV has so far preferred to speak Italian in public settings. Some Vatican analysts worry that he's missing the chance to reach a wider audience.
When constructing his second UK basketball roster, Mark Pope made sure he would have more backup plans than he did last season.
The Bears haven't done a lot of winning in recent years but several Chicago fans visited Pope Leo XIV to hopefully change that fact in 2025.
Celestine returned as a 5-year-old, this time under the care of Christophe Clement, and won two more stakes events before retiring. Silent Dreamer is the mare's first winner.
Dolton paid $375,000, including commission fees, to buy the modest brick home where Robert Francis Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, grew up.
Pope Leo XIV recently announced plans to stay at the Castel Gandolfo — a 135-acre complex with breathtaking views of Lake Albano on the outskirts of Rome.
Pope Leo XIV signed a Pokémon trading card at the Vatican during a recent visit, making the world’s first Popplio/Pope Leo card.
Pope Leo XIV arrived in the papal summer retreat of Castel Gandolfo on Sunday to start a six-week vacation, giving the hilltop town back its most illustrious resident after Pope Francis stayed away… ...
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 of the city and sometimes known as ...
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.
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.
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.