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7 hours agoThis is how the unofficial 'papal airline' flies the pope
Pope Leo XIV charters full-size commercial airliners (e.g., A320neo) operated by ITA Airways for state trips; the Vatican does not pay the costs.
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Leo XIV has begun correcting some of Pope Francis' more questionable financial reforms and decisions, canceling a law Monday that had concentrated financial power in the Vatican bank. Leo abrogated the 2022 law that had decreed that management of the Holy See's assets was the "exclusive responsibility" of the Institute of Religious Works, or IOR.