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Ahead of the conclave, Vatican staff vow secrecy under threat of excommunication
All Vatican personnel involved in supporting the upcoming papal conclave must take an oath of secrecy — under penalty of ...
Inside the Vatican’s High-Tech Plan to Keep Conclave for New Pope Secret
The Vatican is prioritizing secrecy ahead of the conclave to pick a new pope — as it has for hundreds of years — but in the ...
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The conclave: A detailed explainer of the secret ritual that elects the pope
On May 7, in the Vatican's Sistine Chapel, the conclave for the election of the new pope — the Catholic Church's most secret ...
From secret ballots to white smoke, here's how the papal conclave will elect a new pope
More than 130 cardinals will be sequestered in the Sistine Chapel to elect the Catholic Church's 267th pontiff after Pope ...
Vatican staff must take oath of secrecy — or face Church’s gravest punishment — ahead of conclave
Everyone from cooks to translators to elevator operators took an oath of secrecy at the Vatican on Monday — under threat of ...
Why the Vatican will cut the phone signal ahead of the secret Conclave vote
Why the Vatican will cut the phone signal ahead of the secret Conclave vote - The Vatican has made sure that what happens in ...
Catholic cardinals to sequester themselves in the Vatican for the start of the conclave
Sistine Chapel, where they will vote in secret and silence, a process designed to be both contemplative and free from outside ...
Pope Leo XIV celebrates first Mass as details emerge of how votes coalesced in secret conclave
Details have begun to emerge of how votes swiftly coalesced to make Pope Leo XIV history’s first American pope.
Chicago Tribune8d
Ahead of the conclave, Vatican staff must vow secrecy under threat of excommunication
VATICAN CITY — Cleaners and cooks ... elect the successor to Pope Francis are taking an oath of secrecy on Monday ahead of the conclave that’s starting on Wednesday. The punishment for ...