Pope Leo XIV is set to begin a two-week holiday at Castel Gandolfo near Rome after making a renewed call for peace during the ...

St. Peter's Basilica and some of its surrounding buildings are working to reduce their environmental impact by becoming more energy efficient and promoting sustainability. The F ...

The Domus Sanctae Marthae is a 129-room 'hotel' inside the walls of Vatican City that has traditionally been used by the papacy to host visitors.

As they have since 1878, cardinals began their selection of a new Popethis week with a public Holy Mass at St Peter’s Basilica, before spending some time in their rooms at Domus Sanctae Marthae ...

The 133 cardinal-electors, sequestered inside the chapel, will return to Domus Sanctae Marthae before resuming the process the following day.

And then back again (to the Domus Sanctae Marthae) for a nighttime meal,” he added. “The Church emphasises that the conclave is a spiritual and sacred process, not a political one,” Father ...

Signal jammers will be installed in the Domus Sanctae Marthae and the Sistine Chapel, turning the spaces into electronic fortresses. Even if a device were somehow smuggled in, transmitting data would ...

After the mass, the cardinals retreated to their rooms next door at Domus Sanctae Marthae, before heading to the Sistine Chapel in the afternoon for the first vote.

The 133 cardinals, who are staying at the nearby guesthouse, Domus Sanctae Marthae, will also be on a television, newspaper and radio blackout for the duration of the conclave.

Bruni said he did not know how many of the cardinals would be at the guesthouse and how many would be next door. The dozens of priests and bishops who live at the Domus Sanctae Marthae were asked to ...

During the conclave, cardinals stay at the Domus Sanctae Marthae, a Vatican guesthouse that offers comfort and privacy. The food they are served is purposely plain and simple.

After the papal suite was cleared, which must remain sealed until the new pope takes office, about 120 rooms remained in the Domus Sanctae Marthae, the hotel where cardinals in Conclave are ...