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

In his very first sermon as pontiff, Pope Leo XIV told the cardinals who elected him that anyone who exercises authority in ...

Pope Francis, who died just after Easter, was known as a workaholic homebody who never took a proper vacation during his 12-year papacy, staying at the Vatican even during the hot summer months.

Pope resumes tradition of taking ... who know and work with Leo expect he will use these weeks away from the public eye and the daily grind of Vatican audiences to ... Francis reversed his ...

That job, the equivalent of a prime minister, is still held by Francis’ pick, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, who was himself an unsuccessful contender in the conclave that elected Leo pope.

The shy 69-year-old Augustinian missionary has eschewed the headline-grabbing protagonism of past pontiffs in favor of a quieter, less showy and more reserved way of being pope.

Pope Leo XIV resumes tradition of taking summer vacation. But he’s got plenty of homework Pope Leo XIV arrives in St. Peter’s Square to hold his weekly general audience at the Vatican recently.