Cardinal found with phone during secret conclave to elect Pope Leo, book says


FILE PHOTO: Pope Leo XIV stands in the Sistine Chapel among cardinals after being elected, at the Vatican, May 8, 2025. Vatican Media/­Francesco Sforza/Handout via REUTERS/ File Photo

VATICAN CITY, March 1 (Reuters) - The secret conclave ⁠that elected Pope Leo head of the Catholic Church last May was interrupted when one of the 133 cardinals involved was found ⁠carrying a cellphone, a massive security breach, a book released on Sunday revealed.

As the clerics were preparing to take their first ‌vote inside the Vatican's Sistine Chapel, which was fitted with jamming equipment to prevent outside communications, security officials picked up the signal of an active mobile connection.

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