[RobbyS]

I think the Holy Father is making the point that the Vatican should not be run as if it were a Renaissance palace. Besides, until 1870, the popes did not lived in the Vatican but in what is now the Italian presidential palace. Furthermore, the actual Cathedral of Rome is St, John Lateran. Furthermore this pope is not the first to be made uncomfortable about having to live like a prince. Pope Benedict reportedly was reluctant to leave his modest apartment near ST. PETER’S.

[markomalley]

I think the Holy Father is making the point that the Vatican should not be run as if it were a Renaissance palace.

You mean his last name isn't Medici, Orsini, or della Rovere?

I am shocked!, shocked I tell you!