Vatican City, Mar 11, 2016 / 03:44 am
After spending a week outside Rome reflecting on key questions in the Gospel during their annual Lenten retreat, Pope Francis and members of the Roman Curia returned to the Vatican Friday.
According to Italian paper Il Caffe, the Pope boarded a bus with 20 seats and darkened windows around 10:40a.m. March 11 for his return trip from Ariccia to the Vatican.
Once he greeted the faithful gathered to bid him farewell, Francis was escorted to the bus by the Vatican Gendarmerie – the Vatican's police force. His bus was followed back by four others carrying the members of the Roman Curia who also participated in the Lenten retreat.
The Pope and the Curia spent the March 6-10 retreat reflecting on the theme: "Le nude domande del vangelo" – "The raw questions of the Gospel."