A cardinal brought a mobile phone inside the top-secret conclave that elected Pope Leo XIV last year in a
massive security breach, according to a new book.
The papal conclave, an 800-year-old selection
process held at the Sistine Chapel, Vatican City, is one of the world’s
most mysterious and secretive traditions.
Vatican Church officials
are cut off from the outside world and forced to surrender phones for the
duration of the vote, which can last anywhere from a few days to years.
But May’s proceedings were
interrupted when an elderly cardinal was found with the device in his pocket,
according to the book titled The Election of Pope Leo XIV.
Gerard O’Connell, veteran
Vatican correspondent, who wrote the book alongside Elisabetta Piqué, told The
Telegraph: “He was disoriented and distressed. He was as surprised as everyone
else was.”
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