VATICAN CITY
Catholic Culture
Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone has been unable to move into a new apartment at the Vatican, because the firm remodeling the space has declared bankruptcy.
The former Vatican Secretary of State had been scheduled to take up residence this week in a large apartment in the San Carlo palace, inside the Vatican grounds. But the Italian daily Il Messaggero reports that the move has been delayed because of the collapse of the firm that had been contracted to combine two existing apartments into one spacious unit with a gracious rooftop terrace.
Reports that Cardinal Bertone was moving into a luxurious apartment had stirred complaints in Rome, because the cardinal is a Salesian priest who has taken a vow of poverty and because Pope Francis has advocated a modest style of living for Vatican clerics.
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