Popes have used the estate at Castel Gandolfo as a summer residence since the 17th century. Pope Francis broke from that tradition, but now Pope Leo XIV is reviving it.

Nearly 50% of adults in the U.S. have some connection to the Catholic faith, according to new data from Pew Research.

A new genealogical investigation into Pope Leo XIV —born Robert Prevost—revealed that His Holiness is distantly related to none other than Madonna, Justin Bieber, Angelina Jolie, and even Hillary ...

Pope Leo XIV and Madonna have a common ancestor in their genealogy, making them related. Madonna reacts to the news on social ...

It turns out, the newly appointed Pope Leo XIV (born Robert Francis Prevost) has an astonishingly celebrity-ridden family tree. According to Finding Your Roots host Henry Louis Gates Jr., through a ...

Among the most enigmatic figures on screen, nuns have enjoyed renewed cinematic popularity and a delicious secularisation in 2025. This year, nun characters are having their moment in the spotlight, ...

With the election of Pope Leo XIV, the church and the world had to come to grips with an unexpected, new spiritual leader, ...

The newly appointed Pope Leo XIV has some surprising distant Hollywood family members, including Justin Bieber and Madonna. Here’s who else the new Pontiff is related to.

Pope Leo XIV on June 17 received the bishops of the Italian Bishops’ Conference, with whom he shared four “coordinates” for ...

AI detection tool Resemble.AI flagged as fake the audio of Pope Leo XIV urging Catholics to use 'blessed salt' in their homes to 'drive away evil' ...

Father James Martin reflects on his conversation with Cardinal Timothy Radcliffe, O.P., who, he says, “changed how I looked ...