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Pope Leo XIV hopes that “everyone will be able to enjoy some vacation time in order to restore both body and spirit.” ...
Eventually the Apostolic Camera seized the property from the Savelli family due to financial issues, and in 1604 Castel ...
The area around Lake Albano has been a favourite getaway for Roman rulers since the time of the Emperor Domitian in the first ...
Occasionally they remember to call him by his new name, Pope Leo XIV, but it’s unfamiliar to their tongue. One of the guests ...
This year marks the 1700th anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea (325)! The word ecumenical comes from the Greek oikoumene (οἰκουμένη), which translates as “the whole inhabited ...
What was the vitriolic report of Liutprand of Cremona, whose insults towards the Byzantines created a caricature of the ...
In the early night of Oct. 25, 2024, Claire Souilliart, a devout 32-year-old living in Calais, France, experienced an intense ...
In the wake of an encounter with one of London's best striped rooms, Marco Mansi asks why this pattern is so hard to resist?
These include the Consistory Hall, the Throne Room, the Swiss Room, the bedroom, the private chapel, the library, and the study. These areas used to be accessed only by the Popes’ closest ...
The U.S. embassy’s annual celebration, held June 30, commemorated the 41st anniversary of formal diplomatic relations between ...
Robert Prevost's friends, former classmates, fellow Augustinians, and brother on how a kid from Chicago became Pope Leo XIV ...
Pope Leo XIV arrived in the papal summer retreat of Castel Gandolfo on Sunday to start a six-week vacation, giving the ...