Pope Benedect XVI to receive £2,150 pension His meals and daily living expenses will also be paid for by Vatican state finances, and cooking and cleaning will be done by a group of four women from a Catholic organisation called Memores Domini. Nor is he likely to be jetting around the world in the manner of an ex-US President or British Prime Minister. The long trips he had to do as Pope, including to Mexico, Cuba and Lebanon last year, were one reason he decided to resign. The 85-year-old, who feels he lackes the physical strength to continue as Pope, plans to devote himself to prayer, reflection and theological writing and will be, in his own words, "hidden to the world." Aside from the piano and his cats he will bring with him his private papers, box-loads of books and his personal effects. He is likely to take his piano and his pet cats to his hew home, a former nunnery adjoining the Vatican gardens. Everything else from his eight-year papacy, including furniture, official correspondence and confidential papers, will either remain in the Apostolic Palace or be transferred to the Vatican Library and the Vatican Secret Archives. "Personal things will follow him (to his new home), those which are not personal will not," said Father Lombardi. The circumstances of the resignation are so unusual that the Holy See has yet to determine how he will be addressed, what he will wear in public and whether he will retain the name Benedict or resort to his birth name of Joseph Ratzinger. The Vatican has said that once the Seat of St Peter becomes vacant on Feb 28, the conclave will be held in 15-20 days. But canon lawyers and Vatican officials are looking at the possibility of holding the conclave earlier, to ensure that the new Pope is elected well ahead of the start of Easter Holy Week, which begins on March 24. The idea of bringing the conclave forward was criticised, however, by an American cardinal who is regarded as a potential "papabile" or candidate for Pope. Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York, who would be the first North American Pope if elected, said the conclave should not be rushed. "There needs to be patience, because there are many delicate questions to resolve," the 63-year-old told La Stampa newspaper. I don't think we should hurry the conclave. Asked what he thought of being tipped as a future pontiff, he said: "Whoever is saying that must have been smoking marijuana." The Pope began a week-long spiritual retreat within the Vatican on Monday and will remain out of the public eye until Saturday, when his next public appointment will be a meeting with Giorgio Napolitano, the president of Italy, who steps down in May. Benedict will celebrate his final Sunday prayer on February 24 and hold a last audience before tens of thousands of faithful in St Peter's Square on February 27.