With the ceremony marking the beginning of the sede vacante, the papal apartments have been sealed. And, uniquely in the ...

Pope Francis had lived in the Santa Marta guest house in the Vatican, not far from St Peter's Basilica, since his election in ...

Pope Francis' September 11 meeting with Dominican Father Gustavo Gutierrez was an informal one, held in the in the pope's residence, the Domus Sanctae Marthae, and not listed on his official schedule.