CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (Reuters) -Pope Leo will revive a centuries-old tradition on Sunday by taking a holiday at Castel ...

A bear enjoys iced fruit at Rome's zoo, Wednesday, July 2, 2025, as temperatures soar to around 40 degrees Celsius.

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

Trip also reinforced Vatican’s solidarity with Japan’s quest for peace, created fresh avenues for cultural dialogue ...

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

A project conceived as a true “spiritual revolution” was presented at the Vatican on July 2, promoted by young Christians ...

When Pope Leo XIV gave newly appointed metropolitan archbishops their pallium on the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul, he told ...

Cardinal Luis Pascual Dri, the Argentine priest whom Pope Francis held up as the model confessor, has died in Buenos Aires at age 98, the Vatican said Wednesday. Dri, a Capuchin ...

Victor Mooney's latest advocacy trek included Catholic shrines and former concentration camps in Poland before a surprise ...

SAINTS & ART: St. Otto of Bamberg’s feast crosses borders, just as he did to evangelize a still-pagan Pomerania. St. Otto of Bamberg, whose feast is observed July 2 in the United States, is also ...

KANSAS CITY, MO. — The National Catholic Reporter (NCR) announced today that Justin McLellan will join the organization as Vatican correspondent, effective July 14, 2025. McLellan brings extensive ...