Pope Leo XIV is starting a six-week vacation this weekend at the papal summer retreat south of Rome. It's his first break ...

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, ...

In a way, we have rewritten the history of art,” explained Barbara Jatta, director of the Vatican Museums, during a ...

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.

Apostolic Palace: A Historical Account According to Vatican.com, the construction of the Apostolic Palace began on April 30, 1589, at the behest of Pope Sixtus V. Domenico Fontana, a Swiss architect ...