In 1958, the papal election took a bizarre turn when white smoke was followed by black smoke—an unprecedented event in ...

Castel Gandolfo has been for centuries a place of rest, prayer, and study for popes. Pius XII, John XXIII, Paul VI, John Paul ...

By Junno Arocho Esteves, OSV News Archbishop José Ángel Saiz Meneses of Seville urged unity among Catholics upset over the ...

Popes have used the estate at Castel Gandolfo as a summer residence since the 17th century. Pope Francis broke from that ...

The next phase in the life of Laudato Si', the decade-old encyclical on ecology, will not be defined by its author, Pope ...

The town of Castel Gandolfo has said Pope Leo XIV will again partake in the centuries-long tradition of spending a summer vacation at the lakeside papal residence in the Alban Hills south of Rome.

As soon as Robert Prevost was elevated to pope in May, Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and the team he works with for PBS's Finding Your Roots began digging into the pope's family history.

Pope Leo XIV addressed the crowd at the White Sox homefield in a video recording. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) POPE LEO XIV: To, once again, the young people who are gathered here, I'd like to ...