For 400 years, most popes escaped the Roman summer in the hilltop town of Castel Gandolfo, Italy. Then Francis stopped going, leaving the town a bit bereft.

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 warned new archbishops on Sunday against following “the same old pastoral plans without experiencing interior renewal and a willingness to respond to new challenges.” Speaking on ...

Jonathan Roumie sat down with EWTN News correspondent Colm Flynn for an interview to talk about playing Jesus in “The Chosen” and meeting Pope Leo.

While the photograph is real, it does not show Pope John Paul II. The man playing baseball was Gene Greytak, an American real estate broker who became famous as a papal impersonator.

Pope Leo XIV on Saturday said pilgrimages play an essential role in the life of faith as they help a Christian to be better united to Jesus Christ and discern God’s purpose for us in life.

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

Pope Leo revived a tradition begun by St. John Paul II in 1983 by personally placing the pallium around the shoulders of the recently named archbishops. Pope Francis had changed the ceremony ...

Pope Leo, who ascended to the papacy on 8 May following Francis’s death, will spend two weeks, from 6-20 July, at the historic residence.

Since white smoke billowed in May from the Sistine Chapel and Pope Leo XIV was elected Pope Francis’ successor, the new pope’s childhood home — a small, two-story house in Dolton, Illinois ...