Suffering from a recurrence of hiccoughing attacks that made him severely ill last winter, Pope Pius XII insists on continuing with his work. He is...
His holiness Pope Pius XII is shown , blessing a Belgian pilgrimage at his summer residence in Castelgandolfo. The throng jammed the courtyard to...
Watched by orphan children from the Villa Nazareth Orphanage in Rome, Pope Pius XII kneels in prayer during a service in his private chapel at his...
Pope Pius XII mingles with members of the Eight Congress of the World Medical Association, during the special audience accorded in the papal lakeside...
Authoritative Vatican sources revealed late September 16th that Pope Pius XII has suffered a recurrence of the stomach ailment that troubled him...
His holiness, Pope Pius XII is shown as he delivered a radio message from his summer residence at Castelgandolfo, to the Marian Congress in progress...
Pope Pius XII poses with a group of girls, clad in traditional costumes of Castelgandolfo, when they called at his summer palace to present him with...
Although officially on vacation, Pope John XXIII carries on his Vatican chores in the garden of the papal summer palace in Castel Gandolfo, Italy....
Japanese Premier Shigeru Yoshida called on Pope Pius XII in a solemn audience. The two conferred alone for 15 minutes in the Pope's private library...
Pope Pius XII gestures the as he makes a direct radio broadcast from his summer residence in Castel Gondolfo to the Catholics of Canada. The...
Pope Benedict XVI walks in the gardens of his summer residence on July 26, 2010 in Castel Gandolfo, near Rome, Italy. The Pontiff will visit England...
Pope Pius XII poses with American Film Director Cecil B. Demille and his daughter, Cecile, after he received them in private audience at his summer...
Wearing a bullet-proof vest, a policeman holding his submachine gun stands on a terrace of an apartment in the main square of Castel Gandolfo, next...
With a serene expression but with his mouth open, Pope Paul VI lies in state in a hall of his summer palace at Castel Gandolfo. The Pope died here...
Pope Pius XII receives a group of visitors, including American pianist Liberace and his mother at the Papal summer residence here November 2nd....
Pope Paul VI sits before a television set in his summer villa here July 20th and watches the astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin land on the...
Castel Gandolfo, Italy: Pope Paul VI inside helicopter in the garden of the papal summer residence here for a flight to the central Italian cathedral...
Castelgandolfo, Italy: Pope Pius XII, shown chatting with Mrs. Clare Booth Luce, United States Ambassador to Italy at the Pontiff's summer residence...
His Holiness Pope Pius XII received Premier Shigeru Yoshida of Japan in a fifteen minute audience at the Papal summer residence in Castel Gandolfo,...
Rome: Pope Pius XII poses for his 80th birthday portrait in his Vatican apartments in front of a painting of the Lake Albano at Castelgandolfo, near...
Pope Paul VI is helped down some steps at the papal summer villa of Castel Gandolfo in Italy, August 15th 1976.
Pope Paul VI receiving a sea shell garland from a Thai woman as visitors from Thailand have an audience with the Pope at Castel Gandolfo, Italy,...
Pope John Paul II exchanges gifts with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat at his summer residence on September 2, 1995 in Castel Gandolfo, Italy.
Members of the Swiss Guard close the doors to Pope Benedict XVI's residence in Castel Gandolfo as he starts his retirement today on February 28, 2013...
People stand above the gardens of the Pontifical residence of Castelgandolfo are seen on February 20, 2013 in Rome, Italy. The Apostolic Palace and...
The prince and princess watching the Olympic rowing events at Castelgandolfo in September 1960. Princess Grace�s sister is with them. American film...
American author and politician Clare Boothe Luce in the Throne Hall at Castel Gandolfo, Italy, 1949. She was received there by Pope Pius XII after...
Inside the Vatican Residency of Castel Gandolfo, in the outskirt of Rome, where Pope Benedict XVI will reside after his resignation on February 2013...
Pope Pius XII raising his hands to bless the crowd, from his balcony at Castel Gandolfo near Rome, October 9th 1958.
Pope John Paul II meets US President George W Bush on the terrace of his summer residence overlooking the lake of Albano on July 23, 2001 in Castel...
Pope John Paul II receives Bono in the context of the Jubilee 2000 project to cancel 3rd World debt on September 23, 1999 in Castel Gandolfo, Italy.
Pope John Paul II receives Bono, Bob Geldof, Youssou N'Dour and other musicians and Mayor of Rome Francesco Rutelli in the context of the Jubilee...
Castel Gandolfo, a town in central Italy, near Rome and part of the independent papal state of Vatican City.
In lace and velvet, Eugenio Pacelli, Pope Pius XII at his summer residence, Castel Gandalfo in the Alban Hills, near Rome.
The Pope's Summer Palace, near the Vatican Observatory where Dutch priest Brother Matthew Timmers discovered the Timmers Comet, at Castel Gandolfo in...
Jesuit priest Brother Matthew Timmers, the discoverer of the Timmers Comet, in the Vatican Observatory in Castel Gandolfo in the papal state of...
In this handout photo from the Vatican, Pope John Paul II looks over the lake of Albano from a window of his residence in Castel Gandolfo after...
Helicopter carrying Pope Francis arrives at the papal summer residence, Castel Gandolfo on March 23, 2013 in Rome, Italy. Pope Francis and Pope...
Pope Benedict XVI walks away for the last time as head of the Catholic Church, from the window of Castel Gandolfo where he will start his retirement...
Man opens the main door of the Apostolic Palace of Castelgandolfo on February 20, 2013 in Rome, Italy. The Apostolic Palace and The Pontifical Villas...
View of Reverends Sabino Maffeo and George Coyne with the large telescope of Cupola 1 Specola Vaticana, the Vatican Observatory, Castel Gandolfo,...
View of Castel Gandolfo, circa 1870s. In his watercolours, Foster depicted an idealized life in rural England. His work was appreciated as Pre-...
The papal palace recognizable by the silver vaults of the astronomic observatory in Castel Gandolfo, Italy in July, 2002.
Papal astronomer' Father Giuseppe Koch, jesuit superior of the community, is the Vice Director of the 'Specola Vaticana' . In the 1920s, the Pope...
Pope Benedict XVI reads papers in his summer residence on July 26, 2010 in Castel Gandolfo, near Rome, Italy. The Pontiff will visit England from...
Pope Benedict XVI delivers his Regina Coeli Prayer from his summer residence on April 11, 2010 in Castelgandolfo, Rome, Italy. Pontiff expressed his...
Pope Benedict XVI delivers his Regina Coeli Prayer from his summer residence on April 11, 2010 in Castelgandolfo, Rome, Italy. Pontiff expressed his...
Pope Benedict XVI delivers his blessing to Ingrid Betancourt and her relatives during a meeting at pope's summer residence, on September 1, 2008 in...
Pope Benedict XVI holds weekly audience at his summer residence, Castel Gandolfo, on August 20, 2008 in Lazio, south of Rome, Italy. General...
Pope Pius XII leaves his summer residence at Castel Gandolfo and returns to the Vatican, 26th November 1955.
Pope Benedict XVI holds the Sunday Angelus from his summer residence on September 17 in Castelgandolfo, Italy. Muslim leaders around the world have...
Pope Benedict XVI holds the Sunday Angelus from his summer residence on September 17 in Castelgandolfo, Italy. Muslim leaders around the world have...
Pope Benedict XVI holds the Sunday Angelus from his summer residence on September 17 in Castelgandolfo, Italy. Muslim leaders around the world have...