After 12 years of sitting unused without its holidaymaker during the papacy of the late Pope Francis, who preferred to take time off in the Vatican, Pope Leo XIV has now revived this 16th-century ...

Wearing flowing green vestments, Leo presided at the Mass in front of a statue of the Madonna and at the foot of a reflecting ...

ROME -- Pope Leo XIV celebrated on Wednesday what has been dubbed the first “green” papal Mass, using a new set of prayers ...

Escape the heat in Rome in this lakeside town where popes have holidayed for centuries. View on euronews ...

Pope Leo XIV is set to revive a long-standing papal tradition by spending part of the summer at Castel Gandolfo, the Vatican confirmed on Tuesday. The pope will travel to the historic papal retreat ...

Pope Leo XIV will resume the papal tradition of taking a summer break outside Rome, the Vatican announced on Tuesday. Leo will transfer to the papal retreat of Castel Gandolfo, south of Rome, from ...

(RNS) — Pope Leo has decided to resume the papal tradition of taking vacations at Castel Gandolfo on the shore of Lake Albano 16 miles southeast of the Vatican. I for one am delighted.

With Rome's temperatures climbing above 35°C, Pope Leo has opted for a summer retreat outside the city. The Vatican announced his decision to spend part of July in Castel Gandolfo, a historic papal ...

Pope Leo will return to Castel Gandolfo for the weekend of Aug 15 to 17. Aug 15, a Catholic feast day to celebrate Mary, the Mother of God, is an Italian public holiday.

Pope Leo XIV will spend two weeks in Castel Gandolfo, the traditional summer residence of popes near Rome, the Vatican said on Tuesday. The new head of the Catholic Church is reviving a tradition ...