“The Election of Pope Leo XIV,” published March 1, offers details of the four voting rounds which returned Cardinal Robert Prevost as successor to Pope Francis, as well as specific instances within the closely guarded process — including details of the moment an elderly cardinal was discovered to have accidentally left a mobile phone in his pocket during screenings ahead of a session.
The book is the latest in a series of works reporting on the inner deliberations of the papal election process, which is meant to be protected by the strictest levels of legal secrecy in canon law.
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