( CNN ) Vatican City is accustomed to welcoming millions of visitors to its grounds each year , but Thursday a very special tour group got a look inside . Approximately 150 homeless people were divided into three groups and ushered through the Petriano entrance next to St. Peter 's Square , according to Vatican paper L'Osservatore Romano . `` The poor , who usually see only the steps outside the colonnade of St. Peter 's Square , will also have a chance to enjoy the Vatican 's artistic patrimony , '' the paper wrote . The Office of Papal Charities arranged the special visit , which included a visit to the Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel . Other stops included the Domus Sanctae Marthae , behind St. Peter 's Basilica , through the piazzale della Zecca , the main path of the Gardens and the Cancello di Gregogio . The paper said the visit would be led by Archbishop Konrad Krajewski , who heads the department `` charged with exercising charity to the poor in the name of the Holy Spirit . ''
Approximately 150 homeless people invited to tour St. Peter 's Basilica . The visit , organized by Office of Papal Charities , includes stops to museums , Sistine Chapel .