Pope Leo XIV leaves the Vatican for six-week holiday at his summer residence in Castel Gandolfo

The town has been a summer haven for pontiffs since the 17th century The papal residence in Castel Gandolfo includes a palace, a working farm, manicured gardens and an observatory. Photo: AP Nicole Winfield and Sylvia Stellacci ©Associated Press...

Pope appoints French archbishop to Vatican safeguarding role

Pope Leo XIV and Archbishop Thibault Verny (Vatican Media) Pope Leo XIV has appointed a French archbishop as the new president of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors. Source: Crux. Archbishop Thibault Verny, who heads the...

Vatican vs clergy sexual scandals: Pope Leo installs new head of anti-abuse commission

Pope Leo on Saturday appointed a French archbishop as the new leader of the Vatican's commission to combat clergy sexual abuse. This is the recently inducted spiritual leader's first public move towards an issue that has seriously damaged...

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French Bishop to lead Vatican's minors-protection commission

Pope Leo XIV holds a drawing during an audience with children and young people during the 'Estate Ragazzi in Vaticano' summer camp in Vatican City on Thursday. Photo by Vatican Media/EPA July 5 (UPI) -- French Archbishop Thibault Verny is the...

Vatican Pope's Homework

A view of the Albano Lake, about 30 kilometers southeast of Rome, where Pope Leo XIV will be spending a short period of rest in the nearby historic summer retreat for popes of Castel Gandolfo, Wednesday, July 2, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV Appoints New President to Lead Vatican’s Child Safeguarding Commission

Pope Leo XIV has appointed Archbishop Thibault Verny of Chambéry as the new president of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors. Pope Leo XIV has appointed Archbishop Thibault Verny of Chambéry as the new president of the...

Pope Leo XIV signals zero tolerance for abuse in latest Vatican appointment

On Saturday, Pope Leo XIV appointed France’s Bishop Thibault Verny to lead the Vatican’s child protection advisory group, signalling his determination to maintain the fight against clerical sexual abuse. Verny, 59, replaces Cardinal Sean O’Malley,...

Pope Leo XIV moves to the ‘second Vatican City,’ Castel Gandolfo

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 of the city, and sometimes known as the “second...

Kenyan, South African, Burkinabe Catholic Bishops among New Members of Vatican Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue

Nairobi, 04 July, 2025 / 11:00 pm (ACI Africa). Three of the 22 new members that Pope Leo XIV has appointed to the Vatican Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue are from Africa, serving as Catholic Bishops in Kenya, South Africa, and Burkina Faso....

Vatican insiders describe Pope Leo as 'prudent' and a follower of protocol

Paddy Agnew: Sweltering heat and 15,000 tourists, but the restored Hall of Constantine is a must-see for visitors to the Vatican

But when the news conference is taking place in the Vatican museum, at the time being assailed by approximately 15,000 tourists, then things can get very hot and sticky in a “use your elbows to get through” sort of way.

Kenyan, South African, Burkinabe Catholic Bishops among New Members to Vatican Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue

The Chairman of the Inter-Religious Council of Kenya (IRCK) was appointed the Local Ordinary of Malindi Diocese in December 2020 and ordained as Bishop in March 2021, succeeding the late Bishop Emanuel Barbara. Before his Episcopal appointment,...

Vatican Tribute Honors Salvadoran Diplomat Who Saved Thousands During the Holocaust.

The Embassy of El Salvador to the Holy See recently marked the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II with a special tribute to Colonel José Arturo Castellanos, a Salvadoran diplomat who saved thousands of Jews during the Holocaust. The event...

Vatican names panel of independent judges for trial of disgraced ex-Jesuit Marko Rupnik

(OSV News) -- The Vatican has officially named the judges who will oversee the canonical trial of Father Marko Rupnik, the disgraced Slovenian priest and artist accused of sexually, spiritually and psychologically abusing more than two dozen...

Vatican spokesman: ‘Traditionis custodes’ leak ‘very partial’

A Vatican spokesman argued Thursday that leaked documents suggesting the world’s bishops did not favor a clampdown on the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite when they were surveyed in 2020 were “very partial and incomplete.” Holy See press...

Vatican says documents on Latin Mass assessment ‘incomplete’

1 VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Without verifying their authenticity, the director of the Holy See Press Office said that a series of documents purporting to reveal bishops’ input into Pope Francis’ decision to restrict celebrations of the pre-Vatican II...

‘Hug therapy’: How Pope Leo XIV is trying to unify the Vatican

VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV heads off on a holiday on Sunday, having spent his first two months as the Catholic Church’s leader rebuilding unity and bolstering tradition after his predecessor’s unorthodox papacy. “Prudent,” “methodical” and...

Vatican Hopes New Mass Prayers Will Renew Care for God’s Creation

Cardinal Czerny said Pope Leo XIV will celebrate a private Mass using the new prayer formulas in Castel Gandolfo on July 9. The Vatican on Thursday presented new Mass prayers and biblical readings to be used to support the Church’s appreciation...

Vatican Cardinal Suggests Pope Leo Help Bridge U.S.-N. Korea Divide

(MENAFN) In a bold statement on Thursday, Cardinal Lazzaro You Heung-sik, the first Korean prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Clergy, emphasized the potential role Pope Leo XIV could play in improving relations between the United States...