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

Pope Leo XIV was welcomed by wellwishers upon his arrival to his summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on Sunday.

Pope Leo will revive a centuries-old tradition on Sunday by taking a holiday at Castel Gandolfo, where residents of the ...

For 400 years, most popes escaped the Roman summer in the hilltop town of Castel Gandolfo, Italy. Then Francis stopped going, ...

The joint commitment to peace in Ukraine and the Middle East and humanitarian aid in Gaza were evoked,' says Vatican ...

Italy used to be one country migrants and refugees felt would protect them. Not anymore. And while Pope Francis means well, he doesn’t have the means to help.

What a #blessed week for Jonathan Roumie. Just days after being named TVLine’s latest Performer of the Week, the star of TV’s ...

If you trust the betting public, Italian Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican secretary of state, is the most likely to be the next pope. Oddschecker, a betting odds website, shows him leading the ...

About 200 of the 266 men to hold the title of pope hailed from within the borders of Italy. Here is a look at others, like Pope Francis, who didn't.

Italian to my ears is the most beautiful of the new pope’s languages, and knowing it helps so much in understanding — and loving — Italy. But it can also be confusing.

The last Italian pope died in 1978. Now, among the papal candidates ahead of next week’s conclave, there are several Italian contenders. Accessibility statement Skip to main content.

Born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Buenos Aires, Argentina to Italian immigrant parents, Francis was the first pope from the Americas and the first born outside of Europe in over a millennia.