HETERODOX AND SCHISM FOMENTING NATIONAL cATHOLIC REPORTER LAMENTS POPE LEO’S POMPOUS LIFESTYLE…

AND WE’LL LEAVE ON THE LIGHT FOR YOU…

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Money bytes from Associated Press article which you can read in full HERE:

Francis chose not to live in the apartment because he said he wanted to be surrounded by other people. Instead, he lived in the Vatican's Santa Marta residence, the institutional-style hotel where visiting priests stay and where cardinals are sequestered during conclaves.

Francis' choice was in keeping with his simple taste and disdain for the pomp of the papacy. But the practical effect also meant that the entire second floor of the hotel was turned over to the pope, reducing its capacity for paying guests.

Leo, history's first U.S.-born pope, has made clear he is more comfortable using the traditional garb and accoutrements of the papacy. His decision to move into the Apostolic Palace has been praised in particular by conservative commentators who see it as a sign of respect for the papacy.

 A group of Romans who learned from OSV News that the pope was moving into the apostolic palace that day were very excited to hear the news.

And yet another bombshell tradition returns, the little light indicating the pope is in!

And though Leo's bedroom — for reasons of security and privacy — won't be as public as that of his predecessors, a small light in the palace was visible from the square — an indicator that the space officially is in use once again. Or is it a homage to the Vatican Motel 6: “And we’ll leave the light on for you”?