... that there is an official Pontifical Hymn? It is called “The Pontifical March” and is composed by Gounod. You can also a MIDI version of the music.
This and other fascinating information is available on the Holy See Press Office’s Documentation web pages.
There’s also lots of information on the College of Cardinals.
I have to say that the Vatican web site is exceptionally speedy these days. They must have been prepared to radically increase server capacity and bandwidth following the Holy Father’s death. I wonder who’s providing them with the technical capacity.
