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Italy: the Vatican cuts the telephone signal during the conclave

Italy: the Vatican cuts the telephone signal during the conclave
Italy: the Vatican cuts the telephone signal during the conclave

The announced on Monday that it would the telephone signal inside the small city city during the conclave to elect a , without affecting Saint-Pierre square.

The Office of the Presidency of the State of the State of the City of the Vatican said that “From 3:00 p.m. May 7, all telecommunications signal transmission systems for mobile phones present in the Territory of the Cité du Vatican Cité […] will be disabled“. “The signal will be restored after the election of the sovereign pontiff“, Specifies the press release.

But the signal cut will not concern Saint-Pierre square, the Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni told the press.

Thousands of faithful are expected on the square in of the Saint-Pierre to wait for the announcement of the successor to Pope , who on April 21.

In total, 133 cardinals from all over the will meet in the Vatican Sistine Chapel on to start voting for a new chief of 1.4 billion Catholics on the planet. The election takes place in the greatest secrecy and the cardinals will have to leave their mobile phone behind them when they enter into a conclave, said Bruni.

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