(CNN) — All mobile phone signals will be deactivated in the Vatican on Wednesday ahead of the highly secretive conclave to elect the next pope, Italian state media reported. The Vatican also plans to use signal jammers around the Sistine Chapel to prevent …
The Vatican has announced that it will cut the phone signal within the tiny city state during the conclave to elect a new pope – but this would not affect St Peter’s Square. The office of the presidency of the Governorate of the Vatican City State said …
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 …
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Sarah RainsfordEurope Correspondent Reporting fromRome ShareSave Just over 130 cardinals will gather later this week to vote for a new pope This must be the most secretive election in the world. When 133 Catholic cardinals are shut into the Sistine Chapel …
7 (OSV News) — At the upcoming conclave, of the 133 cardinal electors who will enter the Sistine Chapel, 23 will come from Asia. At least six are on various short lists as “papabile,” or “popeable” candidates. Those lists are mostly created by journalists, …
In April 2025 alone, 20 incidents of harassment against Christians were recorded in the Old City of Jerusalem, the Knesset's Committee for Immigration, Absorption and Diaspora Affairs heard on Monday. The committee, chaired by MK Gilad Kariv, convened …
In just a few days, the eyes of the Catholic world will turn toward the Sistine Chapel, where 133 cardinals are expected to gather on May 7 to choose the next pope. But unlike previous elections, this conclave has a very different makeup—one that reflects …
Members of the Carabinieri stand near St Peter's Square at the Vatican, ahead of the conclave to elect the next pope.PHOTO: REUTERS VATICAN CITY - The Vatican said on May 5 it would cut the phone signal within the tiny city state during the conclave to …
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