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Dio Palm BeachThe Conclave begins tomorrow and will the Sistine Chapel be ready?
Cindy Wooden from the Catholic News Agency tells us, “In preparation for the conclave, workers placed a protective covering over the marble mosaic floors and started carrying in pipes, couplers and sheets of subflooring.
The new floors and a few ramps, set on top of mini-scaffolding, will eliminate most steps and make the chapel more accessible for the cardinals, whose average age is over 70. Rows of tables and chairs will be added along the north and south walls so that the cardinals face each other. The tables closest to the walls will be raised slightly so that the cardinals in the back have a clear view.
Maintaining secrecy is part of the cardinals’ oath, so technicians will sweep the chapel for electronic surveillance or recording devices before the conclave.
Before the 2013 conclave that elected Pope Francis, Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, then-Vatican spokesman, told reporters that jamming devices are used to disable cellphone signals, but that they are not installed under the false flooring as often is reported.
In 2003, two years before his death, St. John Paul II reflected on his experiences in the Sistine Chapel in a series of poems “Roman Triptych.” He wrote about the two conclaves of 1978 – the first that elected Pope John Paul I and then the conclave that elected him.
“It is here, at the feet of this marvelous Sistine profusion of color that the Cardinals gather – a community responsible for the legacy of the keys of the Kingdom,” St. John Paul wrote. “𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝑴𝒊𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒍𝒐 𝒘𝒓𝒂𝒑𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏.”
That vision, he wrote, begins with the “creating hand” of God giving life to Adam and ends with the Last Judgment. But it also includes Jesus telling St. Peter in Matthew 16:19: “I will give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”
“𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐯𝐞, 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥𝐨 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦,” 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞. “𝐃𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭: ‘𝐎𝐦𝐧𝐢𝐚 𝐧𝐮𝐝𝐚 𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚 𝐬𝐮𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐨𝐬 𝐄𝐢𝐮𝐬’ (‘𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬’). 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 – 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐦! 𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐨𝐮𝐭.”
Read the full article: https://www.detroitcatholic.com/news/creation-last-judgment-stoves-workers-ready-sistine-chapel-for-conclave
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