The pontiff spent a period of rest July 6–22 in the Italian town of Castel Gandolfo about 15 miles from Rome on the shores of ...

St. Charles Borromeo in Picayune, Mississippi, made internet history with a project so bold it needed Vatican approval — and got it.

Jonathan Roumie, the actor who plays Jesus in the series The Chosen, greeted Pope Leo XIV at the end of Wednesday’s general audience, on June 25, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican.

Pope Leo XIV with Bishops during their Jubilee pilgrimage to St Peter’s Basilica on June 25, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.) Listen During his meeting bishops on Wednesday who were in Rome for ...