VATICAN CITY (AP) — Cleaners and cooks. Doctors and nurses. Even drivers and elevator operators.
All the support staff for the cardinals who will elect the successor to Pope Francis must take an oath of secrecy ahead of the conclave that’s starting on Wednesday.
The punishment for breaking the oath? Automatic excommunication.
The oaths were being taken Monday in the Pauline Chapel at the Vatican for all those assigned to the conclave. They include clerics in support roles, including confessors speaking various languages.
AP correspondent Karen Chammas reports on the latest from the Vatican ahead of the conclave on Wednesday where a new pope will be elected.
The cardinals will take
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