The new Pope's bling: Gold ring, luxury apartments and summer retreat

Pope Leo XIV will soon be bestowed with the priceless regalia and vast estate that comes with the papacy, including gold jewellery, a bullet-proof popemobile and opulent Papal apartments.

Former bishop Robert Francis Prevost's new life at the Vatican will be a far cry from his upbringing in a suburban town in , as well as his time working as a missionary with impoverished farmers in rural Peru.

The first American Pope is set to be inaugurated during a grandiose mass next week, during which he will receive the pallium, an ecclesiastical vestment in the Catholic church.

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