Fox News
Expand
Browse All Video
Watch Live

You're watching...

Sistine Chapel closed to prepare for election of new pope

Details

  • Description

    Amy Kellogg reports from Rome

  • Duration 2:29
  • Date

Clips

Also in this playlist...

Editor's Picks

Auto-advance: ON

Auto-advance
View All

Transcript

This transcript is automatically generated

Now -- -- new election of an entirely different kind there are new signs the vote on the next Pope.

Might be any day now the Sistine Chapel in Rome is now closed.

And at the Vatican has for the cardinals will meet in secrecy -- the new leader.

Of the Catholic Church in more than a billion Catholics worldwide they do the election inside the Sistine Chapel.

Now the cardinals meeting of the Vatican today for a third straight day to talk about the final preparations.

And that is where we find -- Kellogg live again from.

Rome Italy with more on what the cardinals are doing there this week -- hello.

I'd -- -- -- more cardinal electors to arrive.

One from Poland and one from Vietnam for the Vatican says that they will be here today and tomorrow respectively in the meantime -- as you know we spent.

Hanging on every word from the American cardinals who has been briefing the press on a daily basis about what's been going on in these meetings that.

They have been silence or they've decided to sell silence because there -- Stories in the press that we're just ideology too much -- -- about what was going on inside those meetings that those weren't necessarily coming by the way from the American cardinals but as a group they've decided.

To basically speak with one voice and do that after that the conclave takes place we know that they will be getting together this afternoon.

For a prayer in this in saint Peter's basilica.

And that will be open to the public that we can pretty much guess that they won't be talking too much to us there and one other preparations -- report on him.

Well we know that there are three robes ready now for the new Pope.

The that it official Vatican Taylor the glamour -- family always does this they get a small and medium and a large ready.

To that as soon as the new Pope is elected he can go directly to the road living room which happens to be directly behind the fresco at the last judgment.

And get out ready to face the crowds on Saint Peter's Square there's no time for shopping.

Once that white smoke rises and as you mentioned the Sistine Chapel has been closed actually since yesterday afternoon for preparations because that's where the conclave.

Will take place the Vatican told us that they're putting in new floor and and the rumors are that that floor.

Covers up a whole series of anti bugging device -- the Vatican said note that is really in -- But did admit that there will be plenty of anti bugging devices inside the Sistine Chapel -- that no leaks we'll be able to get out.

Bill no time to shop well stated thank you Amy Amy Kellogg in Rome Italy.

Load More