Webcam installed at Pope's summer residence: Report

Agence France-Presse
August 5, 2009

Pope Benedict at his summer residence in Castelgandolfo south of Rome, Italy on Aug 1. A webcam has been installed there which allows Internet users to watch the pontiff taking a stroll.

Photo by: Tiziana Fabi

VATICAN CITY - A webcam has been installed in Pope Benedict's summer residence which allows Internet users to watch the pontiff taking a stroll.

The camera has been fitted in the gardens of Castel Gandolfo, about 30 kilometres southeast of Rome.

It joins five other webcams dotted around the Vatican City, which have proved popular with web surfers, Vatican newspaper the Osservatore Romano said.

The images can be viewed on the website of the Vatican City: www.vaticanstate.va.