🇻🇦 The Cardinals Swear Fidelity and Secrecy

Before beginning the work of the conclave, the cardinals swear first all together and then individually. They swear before God to be faithful to their task in the event of election as Pope and they also swear secrecy regarding the work of the conclave. The one reading the oath, on behalf of all, is Cardinal Pietro Parolin, who presides over the conclave.

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🇻🇦What is happening right now in the Sistine Chapel?

Each cardinal elector must fill out – in secret, of course – the ballot, writing «clearly, in a handwriting as unrecognizable as possible, the name of the person he elects». At that point the ballot must be folded in half and the cardinal – holding it up and clearly visible – goes to the altar near which the scrutineers are standing.

The cardinal swears: «I call Christ the Lord, who will judge me, to witness that my vote is given to the one who, according to God, I believe should be elected». Then he places the ballot on a plate and slides it into a chalice, used as an urn; he bows before the altar and returns to his place.

At the end of the vote, one of the three scrutineers shakes the urn several times to mix the ballots; another transfers the ballots, one by one, into another chalice. If the number of ballots corresponds to the total number of voters, the counting takes place.

The scrutineers sit at a table in front of the altar. The first scrutineer opens one ballot at a time and reads the name; the second repeats the procedure. The third scrutineer writes down the name and reads it aloud, then pierces the ballots with a needle corresponding to the word "Eligo" and ties them all together with a thread.

The three cardinal auditors recheck the ballots, annotations and sums. The Camerlengo collects the notes and draws up a report with the result.

All the papers are burned in the stove, with a chemical additive to change the color of the "smoke": black if the new Pope has not been elected, white if he is elected.

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