Pope Leo to take two-week holiday in break with ‘pauperism' of Francis
The first pontiff to escape Rome's stifling summer heat in a villa overlooking a volcanic lake in the town of Castel Gandolfo was Urban VIII in 1626, and his example was followed by many of his successors.
However Pope Francis, who died earlier this year, did not take formal holidays and shunned the papal villa and its gardens in favour of staycations in his modest Casa Santa Marta residence in the Vatican, a choice dubbed 'useless pauperism' by the conservative Italian newspaper, Il Giornale. He visited on day trips on just three occasions and opened the villa and gardens to the public in 2016.
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