CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy -- Pope Leo XIV arrived in the papal summer retreat of Castel Gandolfo on Sunday to start a six-week ...

First, he reassures the pilgrims who are crossing the Holy Door in the patriarchal basilicas in 'this great heat.' Then he ...

Tourist hordes go way back. Pilgrims in Rome likely inspired Dante's eighth circle of hell in the 14th century. Read more at ...