POPE FRANCIS WILL NOT LIVE IN THE APOSTOLIC PALACE.............

Pope Francis, who as +Jorge Mario Cardinal Bergoglio, lived a simple and humble life as a priest and bishop in Buenos Aires, Argentina; has continued to practice that humility and simplicity in the first two weeks he has been the 266th Successor of St. Peter dismissing the pomp and perks of previous Popes in his practices and interactions with the People of God.  In recent days that has extended to the announcement he will celebrate the Mass of the Lord's Supper on Holy Thursday, not in St. John Lateran or St. Peter's Basilica, the traditional sites; but in a Roman Youth Prison, with the incarcerated.  Today, the Vatican revealed Pope Francis has chosen to live not in the Apostolic Palace and the ten room Papal Apartment, but in the Vatican guest house, "Domus Sanctae Marthae".    He will reside their in much simpler surroundings than the Papal Apartment, with a community of  not only priests, but women and men religious, and laypeople.  He will be celebrating Mass there with the other residents, having meals in the dining room with them, and going for walks outside the guest house.  The first poll of Americans last week found that Pope Francis has attained a favorable rating of 88%; and only 4% disapproval.  The Holy Father's humble outreach to others, is certainly a major factor in the overwhelming positive response his assuming the Petrine Ministry is generating.............Fr.  Troy