For 400 years, most popes escaped the Roman summer in the hilltop town of Castel Gandolfo, Italy. Then Francis stopped going, ...

In 1984, President Ronald Reagan and Pope John Paul II established full diplomatic ties.

With interstates closed and hundreds of thousands of people in attendance, KCCI got creative with our coverage of Pope John ...

After 12 years of sitting unused without its holidaymaker during the papacy of the late Pope Francis, who preferred to take time off in the Vatican, Pope Leo XIV has now revived this 16th-century ...

I have, after 80 years, felt something that I never thought I would in this century as a Roman Catholic. I feel optimistic. I ...

As Pope Leo XIV arrives in Castel Gandolfo for his summer break, it is unlikely to be a real vacation for the new pontiff.

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

Occasionally they remember to call him by his new name, Pope Leo XIV, but it’s unfamiliar to their tongue. One of the guests ...

After the whirlwind of his election, Pope Leo XIV has decamped to Castel Gandolfo to escape the heat of Rome and enjoy a ...

The pope will stay at the papal retreat from July 6 to 20, and he will return for the weekend of the Feast of the Assumption ...

The pontiff will stay on the hilltop Vatican property “for a period of rest” from the afternoon of July 6 to the afternoon of ...

Pope Leo will continue to deliver his weekly Angelus addresses from Liberty Square (Piazza della Libertà) in front of the ...