What is the daily routine of the cardinals during the Conclave?

The Manila Times

What is the daily routine of the cardinals during the Conclave?  When the papal conclave begins on Wednesday, May 7, the cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church will enter a cloistered world defined by ritual, reflection, and a carefully controlled daily routine inside Vatican City.  Each day will start at Casa Santa Marta, the Vatican residence where the cardinals will stay throughout the conclave. After breakfast, they will board buses under tight security and head to the Sistine Chapel, where they will gather for the morning round of voting beneath Michelangelo’s frescoes.  During the voting sessions, cardinals will wear full ceremonial attire: red cassocks, white surplices, and red zucchettos. After the ballots are cast, they will return to Santa Marta for lunch, rest, and informal discussions. In the afternoon, they will repeat the process changing back into formal robes, boarding the bus, and heading again to the chapel for a second vote.  REUTERS / VATICAN MEDIA / CTV VIDEO  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe   Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net   Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion   Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital   Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein  #TheManilaTimes #worldnews  #cardinal  #pope

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00:00They will take the votes for the Pope in the Sistine Chapel, but after each vote in the

00:15morning and the afternoon, they'll be bused back to Santa Marta, which is just less than

00:20a kilometer away inside Vatican City, under police guard, and they will basically go into

00:26Santa Marta and then come out again when they have to go back to the Sistine Chapel to vote.

00:33So the experience is completely different than it was about 40, 50 years ago.

00:39In Santa Marta, which is where the Cardinals will be residing, they will have more or less

00:45a normal life in the sense that they could walk around in their clergymen, which is basically

00:50just a jacket and pants and if they want a cassock, then they will change into their red

01:01garb and then be taken by bus to the Sistine Chapel where they will vote.

01:09They will have to continue doing that back and forth every day until a new Pope is elected.

01:15When they're in the Sistine Chapel, they will be dressed in the way we are accustomed to

01:20seeing the way Cardinals are dressed for ceremonies such as masses.

01:24They will have a red cassock on, a white overgarment, which is known as a surplus, and they will

01:30wear their red zucchetto, which is the little cap which they wear.

01:35And that will be taking part during the, that's the way they will dress during the voting sessions.

01:42When they go back to Santa Marta, they will, most of them will remove this quote unquote

01:47ceremonial garb and just change it into usually just black suits with a, with a priest's collar.

01:54And some of them will stay in a black cassock.

01:57Between those morning and afternoon sessions, they will be bussed back to Santa Marta where

02:02they will continue in their seclusion.

02:04And once in there, they can go back to their rooms.

02:07They can rest.

02:08They can talk to each other until the afternoon, then they go back to the Sistine Chapel.

02:13In the evening, the same thing.

02:14They go back from the Sistine Chapel in the buses to Santa Marta, have dinner, and they

02:20can stay up as long as they want.

02:22There's no curfew of that kind with meetings, talking to each other.

02:26And then on the next day, they start the routine all over again until a Pope has been elected.

02:32They could talk in the hallways of the meeting rooms or take talking groups, for example,

02:38national groups.

02:39The Americans can have a little meeting.

02:41The Latin Americans can have another meeting.

02:43The French could have their own meeting.

02:45So they can decide on which way the conclave is going.

02:52The French could have had a nice meeting so they can do their home.

03:03And who was their first meeting.

03:07And who was their guest here?

03:10The French would say no, it wasn't necessary.

03:18The French would say no, it wasn't necessary.

03:21I'll see you next time.

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