With one fiery speech, Pope Urban II summoned thousands to a holy war. What followed would reshape Europe, the Middle East, ...

Pope Leo’s visit to the hilltop town after 12 years has revived a 400-year-long tradition, followed by popes dating back to ...

Overlooking Lake Albano on a hill south of Rome, Castel Gandolfo was for centuries a much-loved papal summer retreat — until ...