Eighty lead seals and the threat of excommunication for anyone who speaks out during the conclave
The Santa Marta residence, which will house the cardinals during the election process for the new pontiff, is being protected against leaks
Pope Francis says death of Benedict XVI was instrumentalized
The head of the Roman Catholic Church lashed out against the partisan use that clerical conservatives have made of the former pontiff’s death, particularly Georg Gänswein, the longtime secretary to Joseph Ratzinger
The Vatican Girl’s case reopens
A Netflix documentary and memoirs by a former papal secretary have pushed Pope Francis to review details of the disappearance of an employee’s daughter, missing for 39 years
Tell-all memoir by Pope Benedict XVI’s secretary rattles the Vatican
‘The great gossipmonger is the devil,’ said Pope Francis before meeting in private with Georg Gänswein, who is set to release a book revealing secrets of the pope he served for so long