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

Pope Leo XIV will take a summer break outside Rome, in Castel Gandolfo where locals and faithful anxiously await his arrival.

According to an official statement from the Holy See, the two leaders discussed the ongoing conflict and “the urgency of ...

We should pray for the conversion of many people, in and outside of the Church, who still do not recognize the urgency of ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Castel Gandolfo's pilgrims, bikers and locals have missed a papal presence in the town.

Eventually the Apostolic Camera seized the property from the Savelli family due to financial issues, and in 1604 Castel ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Almost 13 years have passed since a pope spent part of his summer at the papal residence of Castel Gandolfo, a hilltop town overlooking Lake Albano, just outside Rome.

Pope Urban VIII built the papal palace in Castel Gandolfo in 1624 to give popes an escape from Rome. It was enlarged over succeeding pontificates to its present size of 55 hectares (136 acres ...