The 133 cardinals participating in the papal conclave have taken their oath of secrecy inside the Sistine Chapel before casting their first votes to elect the 267th Pope. teleSUR
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00:00welcome back to tell us for English we go live to the Vatican City at this
00:07moment the Cardinals are taking their individual oath of secrecy this is one
00:13of the key moment in this ceremonial opening of the conclave that is set to
00:20elect the next Pope the next leader of the Catholic Church let's recall that
00:26this oath of secrecy that has been taking in general is now being taken by
00:32each Pope individually among the Pope among the Cardinals the possible Pope
00:39candidates that are being now at this moment are swearing in their secrecy oath
00:48are for example Cardinal Parolin Cardinal Tagle and also Cardinal
00:55Robert Francis Prevost these are just some of the Cardinals that experts point
01:02to as possible Pope candidates let's recall that this 133 Cardinals are taking
01:14part in the conclave that is about to formally begin these are all parts of
01:22the initial ceremonies we've seen that the Cardinals held their prayers at the
01:29Pauline Chapel then did a procession until reaching the Sistine Chapel where the
01:38conclave is about to take place that procession was led by Cardinal Pietro
01:46Parolin another one of the possible Pope candidates and not by the Dean of
01:53College of Cardinals Giovanni Battista Re as he is too old to take part in the
01:59conclave so he gave way to Pietro Parolin we reiterate we are looking at the
02:07images of the Cardinals that are taking their oath of secrecy ahead of the this
02:152025 conclave that is said to elect the new Pope those were images from the
02:24Vatican City we will continue to closely follow the process of this 2025
02:29conclave as the Cardinals from around the world are set to elect a new Pope
02:34stay tuned with tell us your English