Pope Leo escapes Rome’s summer heat to the nearby Castel Gandolfo - Pope Leo XIV will resume the papal tradition of taking a summer break outside Rome

Pope Leo XIV will spend two weeks of July at the papal summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, bringing back a centuries-old tradition that had been suspended by Pope Francis.

The Vatican doesn’t tax its residents or issue bonds, and it's got a very big budget problem. It primarily finances the Catholic Church’s central government through donations that have been plunging,