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Pope Leone XIV Chooses Apostolic Palace Attic as His Residence

The Vatican says he will use the spaces traditionally available to popes as his home.

Overview

  • Renovation of the long-vacant Papal Apartment is essentially complete after extensive electrical, plumbing, roof and cornice work.
  • Reports indicate he will reside in the third-loggia mansarda known as the soffittoni, prioritizing privacy over the main representational floor.
  • The private quarters feature a small gym, a kitchen, a chapel and austere furnishings.
  • He is expected to live with his two secretaries, Don Edgard Iván Rimaycuna Inga and Don Marco Billeri.
  • No transfer date has been announced; he is already working by day in the third-floor study, and Italian outlets cite late February as a possibility not yet confirmed by the press office.