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The good people at TIME magazine have thoughtfully translated and posted a piece from the Italian daily La Stampa, which gives a glimpse inside Pope Benedict\u2019s private world.<\/p>\n

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Pope Benedict XVI isn\u2019t alone in his apartment at the Vatican. Four \u201cguardian angels\u201d help him, and recently there has been an addition to the personnel at his service.<\/p>\n

For the past six years, the Pontiff\u2019s Vatican apartment has been run by members of the Memores Domini, a lay association whose members practice obedience, poverty and chastity, and who live in a climate of silence and common prayer.(See pictures of Pope Benedict XVI visiting America.)<\/a><\/p>\n

Loredana is the queen of the kitchen, which was renovated in 2005 with onyx countertops and gray shelves. She prepares meals on a big marble table for Benedict and any invited guests. Pasta dishes are her specialty, including pasta with salmon and zucchini, or rigatoni with prosciutto. She keeps in touch with the Vatican supermarket and chooses which vegetables to get from the garden of Castel Gandolfo, a papal retreat in the hills south of Rome.<\/p>\n

Carmela helps in the kitchen, where she specializes in cakes the Pope has appreciated since his days as Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger. His favorites are strudel, tiramisu and tarts. Carmela also tidies the Pope\u2019s bedroom and looks after his wardrobe.(See the top 10 religion stories.)<\/a><\/p>\n

Cristina handles the apartment\u2019s chapel, where the Pope celebrates Mass every morning, and pitches in with some secretarial work. Finally, Rossella, the latest addition, handles the Pope\u2019s archives and the rooms of Benedict\u2019s two secretaries, Georg G\u00e4nswein and Alfred Xuereb. A social worker in a small community in northern Italy, Rossella was transferred to the Vatican to replace a woman who died in November after being run over by a car in Rome. A former colleague in her community, Ornella Galvani, describes Rossella as \u201cgentle and always ready to help people.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Check out the rest.<\/strong><\/a> There are more details about how the pope spends his day, and who works with him.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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