Leo will disappear further this weekend when he begins a six-week vacation in his first break since his historic election May ...

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

In word and deed since, Leo has seemed intent on almost disappearing into the role. The shy 69-year-old Augustinian ...

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

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

Shirking the asceticism of his predecessor, Pope Leo XIV is embracing the papal perks. In so doing, the pontiff ...

Pope Leo XIV is starting a six-week vacation this weekend at the papal summer retreat south of Rome, his first break since his election in May, but he has plenty to think about.

So, when Pope Leo XIV arrived at the Barberini Palace on Sunday (July 6), where he will stay this summer, for many residents, it was a welcome return to tradition.