In another nod to austerity, Pope Francis has given up the summer residence popes have used for nearly 400 years. Without ever having spent a night there, the pope has ordered the palace and gardens at Castel Gandolfo to be turned into a museum. The Vatican has owned the palace since 1596 and has expanded it over the centuries. It now covers 135 acres. During World War II it housed displaced pregnant women and as many as 40 gave birth on the pope’s bed. The offspring were dubbed “the pope’s children.”