Pope Leo XIV expected to live in traditional papal apartment unused by Pope Francis
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Pope Leo XIV walks in the corridor of the third loggia of the Apostolic Palace, where the papal apartment is located, on May 12, 2025, in Vatican City. / Credit: Vatican Media/Vatican Pool/Getty Images Vatican City, May 15, 2025 / 10:00 am (CNA).The papal apartment, which is a series of rooms wrapping around the Vatican's Sixtus V Courtyard, was the traditional home of pontiffs for over a century.
Pope Leo XIV walks in the corridor of the third loggia of the Apostolic Palace, where the papal apartment is located, on May 12, 2025, in Vatican City. / Credit: Vatican Media/Vatican Pool/Getty Images
Vatican City, May 15, 2025 / 10:00 am (CNA).
The papal apartment, which is a series of rooms wrapping around the Vatican's Sixtus V Courtyard, was the traditional home of pontiffs for over a century.
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