Overview

• Leo XIV arrived at Villa Barberini on July 6 to inaugurate his two-week summer residence at Castel Gandolfo
• No public or private papal audiences are planned until July 23 to prioritize pastoral duties and cope with Rome’s heatwave
• He is slated to celebrate two Sunday Masses on July 13 in Castel Gandolfo and July 20 in nearby Albano Daily Angelus prayers will be held uninterrupted in the main piazza of the summer residence
• Record temperatures in Rome and a regional ban on midday outdoor work prompted the return to the 426 m-high retreat