Leo will disappear further this weekend when he begins a six-week vacation in his first break since his historic election May ...

Pope Leo XIV this weekend will begin a six-week vacation in his first break since his historic election May 8.

The pontiff will stay on the hilltop Vatican property “for a period of rest” from the afternoon of July 6 to the afternoon of ...

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

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

Castel Gandolfo prepares to welcome Pope Leo XIV July 6. The imposing papal villa in this town on the shores of Lake Albano, ...

The Vatican Museums has unveiled the last and most important of the restored Raphael Rooms. These are the spectacularly frescoed reception rooms of the Apostolic Palace that in some ways ...

Pope Leo XIV will holiday twice at the papal palace in Castel Gandolfo near Rome this summer, reviving a tradition abandoned by his predecessor Francis, the Vatican said Tuesday.

In any case, it's not clear what Pope Leo, who became the first American to lead the Catholic Church in May 2025, will do with that stipend. He is expected to move into the Apostolic Palace.

Pope Leo XIV appeared from the Apostolic Palace for the recitation of the Regina Coeli. It is the first time for Prevost, who had so far only appeared from the Loggia of Blessings.