The Casa Santa Marta; the guest house in the Vatican on April 7; 2014 where the Pope Francis has chosen to live.The guesthouse was built in 1996 on the site of an ancient hospice for the poor. The five-story building has 106 suites; 22 single rooms; and one apartment and sits on the edge of Vatican City. It is regularly inhabited by a few dozen priests and bishops who work in the Vatican. Half the rooms are available for cardinals and bishops visiting Rome for audiences or other official occasions. It was Pope John Paul II who called for the construction of a residence where cardinal electors裻he cardinals who can cast votes in papal elections裞ould live during the papal election.