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Pope Leo XIV was welcomed by wellwishers upon his arrival to his summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on Sunday.
After the whirlwind of his election, Pope Leo XIV has decamped to Castel Gondolfo to escape the heat of Rome and enjoy a summer vacation, like many popes before him.
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Castel Gandolfo's pilgrims, bikers and locals have missed a papal presence in the town.
After more than a decade without its most famous vacationer, the quiet town of Castel Gandolfo once again counts the pope ...
Pope Leo XIV is heading to the papal summer residence for a six-week vacation. He's giving the hilltop town of Castel ...
For 400 years, most popes escaped the Roman summer in the hilltop town of Castel Gandolfo, Italy. Then Francis stopped going, ...
The pontiff will stay on the hilltop Vatican property “for a period of rest” from the afternoon of July 6 to the afternoon of ...
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 ...