Crain's has new coverage of the slow process to find new use for St. Mary of Assumption, Pope Leo's home parish, which has languished for years and has significant unaddressed structural needs:
A year after white smoke rose above the Sistine Chapel, turning the pontiff's childhood home and church into historic sites faces financial and structural challenges.
I very, very much expect that this neglected building will be formally secured soon in light of its heightened public profile. It has been disused since 2011, and left unsecured and unmaintained for quite awhile.
