Leo XIV has brought back the papal tradition of vacationing at Castel Gandolfo. So how did a family castle become part of the pontifical villas? NCR looks at the history and some past popes' connections to the place.

Amid mounting international concern, leaders across the globe condemned the July 17 attack on the Holy Family Parish in Gaza City.

Msgr. Carlo Alberto Capella, a former Vatican diplomat who was convicted of distributing and possessing child pornography, was reinstated at the Vatican, a Spanish report says.