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 ...

After a decade-long cleaning and restoration, the Vatican Museums recently unveiled the "last and most important" room in the ...

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 ...

The Vatican Museums on Thursday unveiled the last and most important of the restored Raphael Rooms, the spectacularly frescoed reception rooms of the Apostolic Palace that in some ways rival the ...

This week, the Vatican is hosting executives from Google, Meta, Anthropic, Cohere and Palantir in its grand Apostolic Palace, as part of a two-day international conference in Rome on AI, ethics ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The liturgical music tradition of polyphony with its blend of melodies and harmonies should lift people’s spirits as it subtly transmits a message about diversity and unity, Pope ...