Pope Leo XIV plans to reclaim the Apostolic Palace as the Pope's residence

It has traditionally been the second most symbolic building in the Vatican, after St. Peter's Basilica. Leo XIVinstructed on Sunday to remove the seals placed on the papal apartment at the Apostolic Palace, the first indication that he might use the spacious eleven-room residence that was renounced by Francis, who chose to live "simply and in community" with other priests at the Casa Santa Marta, where he occupied a modest 70-square-meter...