Leo XIV has brought back the papal tradition of vacationing at Castel Gandolfo. So how did a family castle become part of the ...

The ‘second Vatican City’ The papal ties to Castel Gandolfo date back to 1596; it became an official papal residence 30 years later.

VATICAN CITY — The Vatican Museums on Thursday unveiled the last and most important of the restored Raphael Rooms, the spectacularly frescoed reception rooms of the Apostolic Palace that in some ...

As specialists cleaned and studied the rooms in the Apostolic Palace, they learned new information about the Renaissance painter's experimental techniques ...

The 69-year-old Chicago native is resuming the papal tradition of leaving the Vatican for the hot summer months in favor of ...

VATICAN CITY — The Vatican Museums on June 26 unveiled the last and most important of the restored Raphael Rooms, the spectacularly frescoed reception rooms of the Apostolic Palace that in some ...

ROME — Pope Leo XIV on Sunday heads to the papal summer residence for a six-week vacation , giving the hilltop town of Castel Gandolfo back its most illustrious resident after Pope Francis stayed away ...

For centuries popes have spent their summers in the papal palace and gardens of Castel Gandolfo ... De Angelis pointed out that Castel Gandolfo is a “Vatican Two” — a stand in for the ecclesiastical ...

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

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Although many remember Castel Gandolfo’s apostolic palace as the traditional summer residence of the popes, Leo XIV will be staying in another structure within the Vatican complex.