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

The Vatican Museums on Thursday unveiled the last and most important of the restored Raphael Rooms, the spectacularly ...

Urban was so enamored of his digs at Castel Gandalfo that shortly after vacationing there for the first time in 1626, he ...

Pope Leo will return to the papal summer villa for the three-day holiday weekend of Aug. 15-17. He will celebrate Mass Aug.

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 ...

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 ...

When Pope Leo XIV stepped out on the central loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica to greet the crowd for the first time after his May 8 election, liturgical fashion aficionados around the globe took ...

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

When Pope Leo XIV made his first appearance on the central loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica after his May 8 election, he made a statement. The 69-year-old wore a red satin mozzetta shoulder cape and a ...

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 ...

Pope Francis' Residence Outside the Apostolic Palace. When Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected as the 266th Pope in 2013, he did not reside in the Apostolic Palace. Instead, the Pope, who took ...

Pope Leo XIV is expected to live in the Vatican's Apostolic Palace, unlike the late Pope Francis who shunned the palace in favour of a Vatican hotel, according to several Vatican officials.