Vatican. Military jammeters will block electronic communication during the conclave

The Vatican announced that electronic communication between the Sistine Chapel and the outside world will be blocked during the conclave.

Military jammeters will block electronic communication between the Sistine chapel, where the conclave and the outside world will last from Wednesday – it was announced on Monday in Vaticanon the next day of preparation for the election of the Pope.

The so -called jammers are electronic devices whose purpose is to prevent the functioning of other cameras. In this way, a requirement will be guaranteed that no registration and wiretapping devices can be operated at the place of election of the pope.

John Paul II forbade the recording of the sound and image with the conclave

In the fragment of the Apostolic Constitution “Universi Dominici Gregis” on the course of the conclave and the absolute requirement to preserve its secret John Paul II He absolutely forbade, “that under any pretext, brought to places where the selection activities are carried out, or that they were used – if there are already there – any technical devices used for recording, playing and transmitting voice, image or text”.

The constitution explained that this order was introduced, “that electors could protect themselves from the indiscrete of other people and against any insidious attempts to violate the independence of their court or the freedom of the decision.”

Special technical inspections to make sure that no equipment was installed in the Sistine Chapel, experts carry out there.

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