Saint Joseph Catholic Church

The Holy See Press Office, General Secretariat of the Synod, and Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life released the preparatory document for the upcoming Vatican meeting on the tenth anniversary of Amoris Laetitia.

“I am very happy to be here among you and to spend the next few weeks with a little rest, a little prayer, a little reading, and, hopefully, a little sport here in Castel Gandolfo,” Pope Leo said to local residents upon his arrival. “Coming together is always an important moment, and I am happy that you are all here. Thank you for your welcome, and thank you for being brothers and sisters.”

For centuries, the popes have customarily spent at least part of their summers in Castel Gandolfo. Pope Francis abandoned the custom after 2013; Pope Leo resumed it last year, to the delight of local residents.

Pope Leo XIV today appointed Auxiliary Bishop Christian Würtz of Freiburg im Breisgau as the new bishop of Eichstätt. The diocese, though relatively small (nearly 400,000 Catholics), has been viewed as a bellwether because the Pontiff has a free hand in appointing the bishop there—unlike in those German dioceses whether the cathedral chapter chooses the bishop.