The Clementine Room is a hall of the Apostolic Palace near St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City. Established in the seventeenth century in honor of Pope Clement XIV, the Clementine Room is covered in Renaissance frescoes and valuable works of art. It is used by the pope as a reception room and in some cases, site of various ceremonies and rituals. The Clementine Room is the chamber in which the body of the pope lies for private visitation by officials of the Vatican upon death. He is then traditionally moved from the Clementine Room and ceremonially carried across St. Peter's Square to St. Peter's Basilica or the Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterno.

A monumental event occurred on 18 January 2005, in what would be the Pope's last official public meeting. For the first time in history, a group of 141 Jewish leaders from around the world, Rabbis and Reverend Cantors, met with Pope John Paul II in Clementine Hall of the Apostolic Palace, to thank the Pontiff for all he had done for the Jewish People and for the State of Israel. No other group in the world had ever said "thank you," giving blessings to the Pope. It was the first time in history that such a large contingent of Jewish clergymen officially met with a Pope. It also marked the first time in history that Jewish Cantors sang in front of a Pope, at the Apostolic Palace.