After more than a decade without its most famous vacationer, the quiet town of Castel Gandolfo once again counts the pope ...

Pope Leo XIV greets people as he arrives in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, July 6, 2025, after reciting the Angelus at the Vatican.

Instead, the Pope, who took on the name Pope Francis, chose to live in room 201 at Casa Santa Maria (Domus Sanctae Marthae), where he also stayed during the conclave. He occupied Room 207 during the ...

Any conclave member who cannot make it in person to the Sistine Chapel due to illness or infirmity casts his ballot from this room in the Domus Marthae Sanctae.

Any conclave member who cannot make it in person to the Sistine Chapel due to illness or infirmity casts his ballot from this room in the Domus Marthae Sanctae.

Any conclave member who cannot make it in person to the Sistine Chapel due to illness or infirmity casts his ballot from this room in the Domus Marthae Sanctae.

This is the day we enter the conclave and I’m about to go into the Domus Sanctae Marthae, named after St. Martha, who took care of hospitality for Jesus.

This is the day we enter the conclave and I’m about to go into the Domus Sanctae Marthae, named after St. Martha, who took care of hospitality for Jesus.

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Almost all of the 133 cardinals choosing the next pope are staying at the Domus Sanctae Marthae guesthouse, which enjoyed a spruce up in the days before the conclave began.

Some of the cardinals will stay in the Domus Sanctae Marthae, the guesthouse St. John Paul II had built precisely to house cardinals in a conclave. It ended up being where Pope Francis chose to live ...

But it is not just about preventing leaks, but also cyber attacks. For this reason, the Sistine Chapel and Domus Sanctae Marthae have been thoroughly examined with anti-bug scanners.