Pope Leo XIV will head to the lakeside town of Castel Gandolfo for his summer vacation. After 12 years of papal absence, locals are eager to welcome him.

Pope Leo XIV met with children and adolescents participating in the Vatican’s summer camp for kids. Some 300 Ukrainian youth were also in the audience.

It was one of the first times Leo has spoken unscripted at length in public, responding to questions posed to him by the children.

Pope Leo XIV celebrated Mass at St. Thomas of Villanova church in Castel Gandolfo, which has ties to his Augustinian religious order.

Vatican City, Jul 2, 2025 / 12:35 pm Pope Leo XIV declared that nature should not be a “bargaining chip” in his message announcing the theme “Seeds of Peace and Hope” for the 10th World ...

Pope Leo XIV has signaled that creation care will be a key area of interest for him as well and a point of continuity between Leo and his predecessors on social issues, especially the environment.

Catholic teachers in Britain and Ireland need to be “models in life, models of faith,” according to Pope Leo XIV.

At the time of his appointment as prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops in 2023, then-Cardinal Robert Prevost described in an interview one change he would like to see in the bishop selection ...

Bishop Pham is exactly the type of person Pope Leo XIV wants to lead the Roman Catholic Church.

Pope Leo XIV’s childhood home is seen in Dolton, Illinois, May 9, 2025. (photo: Vincent Johnson for the National Catholic Register) ...

Dolton village trustees vote to buy Pope Leo XIV's childhood home What was once an average home in Chicago's south suburbs has now received national attention for being the childhood home of Pope ...