Under the paintings of Sistine Chappery, a total of 133 princesses of the church meet at the conference on Wednesday, May 7, until Wednesday. They will do it behind it – ie – and during the period of the process, They have no access to mobile phones or any other electronic device, as well as television, radioE -mail or press. The idea is that they are completely isolated, in fact, only the lowest number of people can communicate with them: nurses, approvalrs and cooking and cleaning staff. But what do they do when the night comes?
According to the terms of the Popal election, a referendum is held on the first day of the conference, which will allow the cardinals to verify the support of the main candidates. If any candidate is not recognized by two -thirds, the next day the convention will restart, and then four daily votes, Two in the morning and two in the afternoon, until the cardinals select a new pope.
Santa Marda’s house ‘Over Booking’
The conference is the largest cardinal group to date, so the place in the Santa Marda House, the Vatican residence for the audience is very adjusted. The building is Four sites where 129 rooms are distributed (106 of them), and a The apartment used perkoglio But this time it is sealed, all its items.
Accounts are simple: 133 cardinals for 129 rooms, in which people who fall during the prison should stay: doctors, nurses, cooking and cleanliness, system, worship … Some Cardinals stay in Santa Marta VechiaThe adjacent building is connected by a patio.
In the style of an excellent hotel, Santa Marda has a welcome and a dining room with self -service, where the Pope eats. However, The rooms are simpleA closet, personal bed, two night tables and a bathroom with a bathroom. Its award conference is distributed by Raffle on the day before the conference, and none of them corrupt luxury, but the cardinals may be satisfied with holding their own rooms, which are higher than the previous locations.
In fact. In the course of time, Until Leo XIII made him a home for religion to travel to the Vatican, he had other applications and was abandoned In 1891 and the Juan Pablo II conference was hosted by the participants.
How was it before?
Before the ‘Poppal Hotel’, in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, Cardinals slept in the Catrus or Gold within Systain Chappell It is obviously brought to the convention and is separated with temporary curtains or partitions, or often in nearby envelopes with no heat or ventilation.
In addition, historically the food of the cardinals during the new Bondif election process has put forward a potential risk because it is a Good channel for communication, Social food is one of the circumstances that can cause exciting negotiations between the sound of the crowd.
Therefore, after a convention that lasted about three years, the Pope Gregory X created the secret code of 1274, in which the continued managing rules, as part of the pope election functions. They were isolated in them, it is still practiced, and the ration of the cardinal meal: Three days after the consensus, the cardinals received a daily meal; After eight days, only bread and water.
In the middle of the third century, Clemente found these rules of three foods of three foods: soup; The main food of fish, meat or eggs; And sweet, including cheese or fruit. Although the ration does not maintain, Severe control over the positions is maintained.
