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The Vatican also plans to use signal jammers around the Sistine Chapel to stop electronic surveillance or communication outside the conclave, where 133 cardinals vote to decide who will be succeed Pope Francis

Francis also refused to live in the Apostolic Palace. He stayed instead in a modest guesthouse within the Vatican. In Argentina, he used public transport as a cardinal and preferred a simple Ford Focus even after becoming pope. He also introduced several changes in papal funerals, which made the process simpler.

Among the 135 cardinals currently eligible to vote in the Papal conclave, four are from India. These include Cardinal Filipe Neri Ferrao, Cardinal Baselios Cleemis, Cardinal Anthony Poola, and Cardinal George Jacob Koovakad.

"Cruelty is terrorists hiding behind children while trying to murder Israeli children; cruelty is holding 100 hostages for 442 days, including a baby and children, by terrorists and abusing them," the Israel Foreign Ministry said following Pope Francis' address.

PM Narendra Modi is sending a high-level Indian delegation to participate in the ordination of Monsignor George Jacob Koovakad as a cardinal by the Pope in Vatican

Marko Rupnik has been accused of sexually abusing at least 20 women in the past 30 years. He continues to serve as a 'priest' in a diocese in Koper city of Slovenia

A Vatican tribunal convicted Cardinal Angelo Becciu of embezzlement and sentenced him to 5½ years in prison. The Cardinal left his poisition with the Vatican in 2020 after being accused of financial fraud.

In May 2020, Germany’s council of Catholic bishops admitted that the Church was complicit in the actions of the Nazi regime during the Second World War.

Pope Benedict passed away two days after Pontiff Francis asked to pray for the "very sick" former Pope, CNN said in a report.