Papal apartments
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The papal apartments is the non-official designation for the collection of apartments, which are private, state, and religious, that wrap around a courtyard on two sides of the third floor of the Apos
The pope's window, from which he delivers the Angelus
Pope Francis
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Pope Francis was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City from 13 March 2013 until his death in 2025. He was the first Jesuit pope, the first Latin American, and the first pope bo
Papal apartments
…residence. Vatican News reported that the current Papal Apartments were first used by Pope St. Pius X. Since then, successive Popes, with the exception of Pope Francis, lived at the Papal Apartments. Francis declined to use the Papal Apartments, instead living at Domus Sanctae Marthae; he would continue to appear at…
Francis in 2014
Pope Francis
Jorge Mario Bergoglio (fourth boy from the left in the third row from the top) at age 12, Salesian College (c. 1948–1949)
Bergoglio in 2008