After more than a decade without its most famous vacationer, the quiet town of Castel Gandolfo once again counts the pope ...

Pope Leo XIV on Sunday restarted a papal tradition, leaving the Vatican for the summer retreat of Castel Gandolfo. The small ...

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy -- Pope Leo XIV arrived in the papal summer retreat of Castel Gandolfo on Sunday to start a six-week ...

Crowds of people standing behind barriers greeted the Holy Father, taking photos and shouting “Viva Papa!” as he walked ...

Pope Leo XIV on Saturday said pilgrimages play an essential role in the life of faith as they help a Christian to be better ...

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 picks up where Pope Francis left off, and embraces a new Mass focused on the environment, care for the Earth and climate change.

Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni declined to explicitly confirm the authenticity of the documents, which were posted online ...

In the Chinese province of Zhejiang, the authorities have recently detained priests, nuns and ordinary Catholics who made a trip abroad last year; their goal is to induce underground Bishop Shao Zhumi ...

Francis' death comes 12 years after he was chosen in 2013 as leader of worldwide Catholics, becoming the first pope from the Americas, the first Jesuit pope and the first to pick Francis as his papal ...