ROME – Pope Leo XIV has made a surprise visit to Castel Gandolfo, the traditional papal summer residence that was unused by Pope Francis.
According to a Vatican statement, the Pope was welcomed by Italian cardinal Fabio Baggio, undersecretary of the Dicastery for Integral Human Development, as well as the Operations Director for the ecological project, American Father Manuel Dorantes.
Leo visited Borgo Laudato Si, which commemorates Pope Francis’s 2015 encyclical Laudato Si’ on care of the environment, and aims to promote education in integral ecology and sustainable practices.
