Everyone from cooks to translators to elevator operators took an oath of secrecy at the Vatican on Monday — under threat of automatic excommunication — to prepare for this week’s conclave.
Workers and clerics assisting the dozens of Catholic cardinals set to gather Wednesday to begin voting on the next pope had to swear to never reveal anything about the proceedings or else risk the Church’s gravest punishment: religious banishment.
The employees took their oaths in the Papal Chapel.
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Many of the Catholic Church’s cardinals will gather this week to vote on the next pope. REUTERS The cardinals will take an oath of secrecy in the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday ZUMAPRESS.com
The cardinals will swear to secrecy in the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday before their
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