Italian
“Everyone out.” Extra omnes is the Latin phrase that is pronounced to indicate the beginning of the Conclave that will elect the new Pope.
The master of pontifical liturgical celebrations in the Sistine Chapel is the one who pronounces the famous phrase that effectively invites all those who are not called to the election to take a seat outside. As it is known, the papal election is secret, and the Conclave can begin.
From this precise moment the doors of the Sistine Chapel, inside the Apostolic Palace of the Vatican, are closing, leaving the cardinals alone, without any external contact to prevent any possible conditioning. Locked, under lock and key. In order to write a story of ancient rituals, where mysteries and legends never dormant hover.
The two famous words will be pronounced by Monsignor Diego Ravelli, Master of Pontifical Liturgical Celebrations. But what is the origin of the expression? It seems to go back to the stall of the sensationally long Conclave of Viterbo, with the decision taken by Gregory X to impose closure on the cardinals. In the Conclave, where each cardinal will have to choose, vote to indicate the name of the new Pope, a remarkable responsibility, felt and sometimes endured. In a Sistine Chapel where the Holy Spirit will guarantee His presence to reach the choice of the one who will ascend to the pontifical throne and to arrive at the Habemus Papam, the ceremonial announcement that brings great joy to the entire world.
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