The pontiff and Bush met for about 30 minutes behind closed doors at the papal summer residence Castel Gandolfo in the foothills south of Rome. In a statement afterwards, the pope said an "area in ...

Pope Francis is foregoing the usual lengthy vacation retreat to the lakeside summer residence Castelgondolfo, south of Rome, the Vatican spokesman said on Thursday. It was not his habit to take ...

He had quipped that "Vatican number one" was St Peter's Square, number two was the papal summer residence of Castel Gandolfo, and the Gemelli was number three. John Paul II's repeated and ...