The Catholic Register

Vatican City State

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May 1, 2025

Vatican guesthouse offers cardinals privacy, relaxed comfort

St. John Paul II had the Domus Sanctae Marthae built primarily to house cardinals in simple comfort during a conclave.

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February 27, 2025

Pope Francis gives Sister Petrini two assistants for running Vatican City

The office governing Vatican City State was set to have a new president March 1 and, while in the hospital, Pope Francis changed the office's statutes to give the new president two top-level assistants.