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

Pope Leo will revive a centuries-old tradition on Sunday by taking a holiday at Castel Gandolfo, where residents of the lakeside town hope for a tourism boost after the late Pope Francis shunned ...

French sculptor Jean-Michel Othoniel has transformed the southern French city of Avignon into a dazzling installation with ...

(RNS) — Pope Leo has decided to resume the papal tradition of taking vacations at ... That was certainly the view of Pope Urban VIII, who had the old medieval fortress renovated as a summer palace 400 ...

According to the Rev. John Wauck, professor of church communication at the Pontifical Holy Cross University in Rome, Leo’s clothing choices are a “return to form,” and his attire similar to that worn ...

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV appears at the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on May 8, with a red satin mozzetta shoulder cape, burgundy stola with gold embroidery and a gold cross ...

Pope John Paul II and other popes going back to the middle ages. They show “a respect for tradition,” he said. Such respect for the papal office is important for many conservative Catholics. Many ...

Pope Leo XIV has made waves with some of his fashion choices, returning to much of the traditional pomp of popes past ...

If it weren’t for photographers’ long lenses relentlessly trained on the pope’s every gesture, Leo’s switch from Francis’s standard black pants to more traditional white papal trousers would have gone ...

The choice of a new name is an opportunity for newly elected popes to hint at their agenda for the Catholic Church. In 2005, Joseph Ratzinger chose the name Benedict XVI to reflect his conviction that ...

According to Vatican.com, the construction of the Apostolic Palace began on April 30, 1589, at the behest of Pope Sixtus V. Domenico Fontana, a Swiss architect who also designed the clock tower in St.

Pope Leo XIV is expected to move into the official papal residence, an apartment on the top floor of the Apostolic Palace, departing from the living arrangements used by Pope Francis for 12 years.