An unidentified Cardinal walking toward the Domus Santa Martha, the hotel where the Cardinals live during the Conclave. Many Cardinals cruise the streets of Rome by chauffered car; but some prefer the old fashioned method of transportation. See RNS-CONCLAVE-HOTEL, transmitted April 13, 2005. Photo by Rene Shaw.
RNS CONCLAVE HOTEL
February 11, 2013
RNS CONCLAVE HOTEL
April 13, 2005
(RNS5-APRIL13) To ensure electors in the papal conclave are sequestered from any outside
influence, all voting cardinals will be housed in the Domus Sancta Martha (St. Martha’s House), a
plain but capable $20 million hotel built just for this purpose by Pope John Paul II in 1996. The
conclave’s task is to choose a successor to John Paul II. See RNS-CONCLAVE-HOTEL,
transmitted April 13, 2005. Photo by Rene Shaw.
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