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Pope Leo XIV will spend two weeks of July at the papal summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, bringing back a centuries-old ...

Pope Leo XIV spent several hours May 29 visiting the Borgo Laudato Si' ecology project set up at the papal villa and farm in Castel Gandolfo, as well as the former papal summer residence there.

The official website of the Vatican for the first time has been refreshed since it was created in the 1990s, prominently featuring multimedia content and online links to other Vatican offices and ...

Two men recite prayers at sunrise in St. Peter's Square on May 16, 2025, days before the installation of Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune) A man mops the sidewalk as ...

Pope Leo XIV may have offered to host Russia-Ukraine peace talks at the Vatican, but neither the pope nor senior Vatican officials have spoken publicly about the possibility, leaving prospects for ...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Saturday that the Vatican could be a venue for Russia-Ukraine peace talks, taking up the Holy See’s longstanding offer after Pope Leo XIV vowed to ...

The CyberVolunteers have set up channels to share threat intelligence with the Vatican, Shenouda said. They also offer cloud capacity for free when the Vatican needs it. And the group does so-called ...

We have white smoke! 133 voting cardinals elect a new pope on Thursday, May 8, 2025, on the second day of the conclave. Cardinal Robert Prevost has become the 267th pope, the first U.S. pontiff in ...

He was most recently Managing Editor at the hyperlocal website Patch. ... Cardinal Robert Prevost of the United States, appears on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, May 8, 2025.

He was most recently Managing Editor at the hyperlocal website Patch. Originally from the U.K., Adam moved to the U.S. in 2003. ... A new Pope has been named in Vatican City.

VATICAN CITY — All mobile phone signals will be deactivated in the Vatican on Wednesday ahead of the highly secretive conclave to elect the next pope, Italian state media reported.. The Vatican ...