Vatican Conclave: Secret Ballot Lockdown

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Conclave: Inside the world's most secret ballot

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133 Catholic cardinals are shut into the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday to choose a successor to Pope Francis .

Each person inside the Vatican during the conclave vows to observe "absolute and perpetual secrecy" The chapel and two guesthouses will be swept for microphones and bugs.

Everyone is obliged to surrender all electronic devices including phones, tablets and smart watches.

Vatican has its own police to enforce the rules.

Book lauds conservatives like Cardinal Sarah of Guinea for condemning the "contemporary evils" of abortion and the "same-sex agenda" John Allen believes personal preference will dominate over politics, 'liberal' or 'conservative' factions.

By Wednesday morning , all the electors should be in place inside the Vatican stripped of their phones and sealed off from rest of world.

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