The area around Lake Albano has been a favourite getaway for Roman rulers since the time of the Emperor Domitian in the first ...

Eventually the Apostolic Camera seized the property from the Savelli family due to financial issues, and in 1604 Castel ...

Father Alejandro Moral Antón, prior general of the Augustinian order, spoke on Pope Leo XIV's vacation at Castel Gandolfo.

Pope Leo XIV began his summer break July 6 at Castel Gandolfo, where he’ll stay through July 20. But don’t expect the Holy ...

For 400 years, as Rome sizzled under the summer sun, most popes found solace in a cooler pontifical palace in the hilltop town of Castel Gandolfo, 18 miles southeast of Rome.

Rome Newsroom, Jul 6, 2025 / 13:45 pm Pope Leo XIV was welcomed by well-wishers upon his arrival to his summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on Sunday. Crowds of people standing behind ...

Vatican City, Jul 5, 2025 / 08:30 am Two months into his pontificate, Pope Leo XIV will leave Rome to spend two weeks on a pontifical estate in the lakeside town of Castel Gandolfo, 18 miles south ...

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy — Pope Leo XIV arrived in the papal summer retreat of Castel Gandolfo on Sunday to start a six-week vacation, giving the hilltop town back its most illustrious resident ...

According to Augustinian Father Alejandro Moral Antón, a longtime friend, Pope Leo plans to draft the framework of his first ...

According to Augustinian Father Alejandro Moral Antón, a longtime friend, Pope Leo plans to draft the framework of his first ...

Pope Leo XIV began his summer break July 6 at Castel Gandolfo, where he’ll stay through July 20. But don’t expect the Holy Father to simply relax.

Pope Urban VIII built the papal palace in Castel Gandolfo in 1624 to give popes an escape from Rome. It was enlarged over succeeding pontificates to its present size of 55 hectares (136 acres ...