22 October 2015, The Tablet

Undemanding guest


 
Bellhops, concierges and chambermaids were particularly busy in New York when Pope Francis was in town to address the General Assembly of the United Nations. Nearly 200 national delegations descended on the city’s hotels. According to The New Yorker, while room attendants were plumping cushions at the Waldorf, staff at the townhouse near Central Park where Pope Francis was to stay had also been issued with precise instructions. Their forthcoming guest wished to have two items in his bedro
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