Vatican, Santa Marta Is Too Expensive. Pope Leo Returns to the Apostolic Palace

In the Vatican, renovation work is underway in the papal apartments on the third floor of the Apostolic Palace – the official residence of the Pope and the administrative centre of the Catholic Church. The aforementioned work, in accordance with tradition, was undertaken to adapt the residence to the needs of the new Pope. Traditionally, the popes lived in the Quirinal Palace, but after the siege of Rome by Garibaldi's troops in 1870 and the ann…

Leo XIV's first steps at the head of the Church are largely fulfilling the expectations of the cardinals who elected him. The eminent...