Conclave: How Vatican keeps its papal vote secret

Cardinals are set to gather later this week to take part in a highly guarded vote for a new pope.

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When 133 Catholic cardinals are shut into the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday to choose a successor to Pope Francis, each one will have sworn an oath on the gospels to keep the details under wraps for life.

The same goes for every person inside the Vatican during the conclave: from the two doctors on hand for any emergency, to the dining-room staff who feed the cardinals. All vow to observe "absolute and perpetual secrecy".

Just to be sure, the chapel and the two guesthouses will be swept for microphones and bugs.

"There are electronic jammers to make sure that phone and wi-fi signals are not getting in or out," said John Allen, the editor of Crux news site.

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