ROME — Pope Leo XIV on Sunday heads to the papal summer residence for a six-week vacation , giving the hilltop town of Castel ...

The 69-year-old Chicago native is resuming the papal tradition of leaving the Vatican for the hot summer months in favor of ...

Pope Leo will continue to deliver his weekly Angelus addresses from Liberty Square (Piazza della Libertà) in front of the ...

But in 2016, Pope Francis converted the papal palace of Castel Gandolfo into a museum. Two years prior he had opened the gardens to visitors.

A long-dormant papal tradition is set for revival this Sunday as Pope Leo XIV embarks on a summer retreat to Castel Gandolfo, a move that has ignited hopes of a significant tourism boom for the ...

What is Castel Gandolfo? The town is nestled in the Alban Hills, approximately 25 kilometres southeast of Rome, overlooking the serene Lake Albano. The palace was built by Pope Urban VIII in 1624 and ...

Castel Gandolfo prepares to welcome Pope Leo XIV July 6. The imposing papal villa in this town on the shores of Lake Albano, a fortified 17th-century palace, was converted into a museum for tourists ...