{"id":27494,"date":"2013-03-01T14:08:03","date_gmt":"2013-03-01T18:08:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2013\/03\/papal-apartments-lateran-basil\/"},"modified":"2013-03-01T14:08:03","modified_gmt":"2013-03-01T18:08:03","slug":"papal-apartments-lateran-basil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2013\/03\/papal-apartments-lateran-basil\/","title":{"rendered":"Papal apartments, Lateran Basilica sealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/Camerlengo%20sealing%20apt.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Camerlengo sealing apt.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/assets_c\/2013\/03\/Camerlengo sealing apt-thumb-213x320-13829.jpg\" width=\"213\" height=\"320\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0 20px 20px 0;\" \/><\/a>At 8pm Rome time on 28 February 2013, the Chair of Saint Peter went empty. The period of time is called <i>sede vacante<\/i>, the empty see; that is, the Holy Roman Church has no visible head on earth. There is no pope.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Until the time the cardinal electors gather for the Conclave to elect the next bishop of Rome, the head of the <a class=\"zem_slink\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Apostolic_Camera\" title=\"Apostolic Camera\" rel=\"wikipedia\" target=\"_blank\">Apostolic Chamber<\/a>, the Carmerllengo (chamberlain), Tarcisio Cardinal Bertone, SDB, will lead a small group of people in closing the papal apartments, and the private elevator.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Prayers were prayed, and tasks identified. Doors were locked and a ribbon with wax seal secured the papal area.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The Camerlengo is the acting head of state and is the Church&#8217;s administrator of the material holdings of the Church. This office is in distinction to the Dean of the College of Cardinals, Angelo Cardinal Sodano, who cares for the spiritual well-being of the cardinals and chairs the meetings prior to the conclave.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/the%20apostolic%20chamber.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"the apostolic chamber.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/assets_c\/2013\/03\/the apostolic chamber-thumb-200x200-13831.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"mt-image-right\" style=\"float: right; margin: 0 0 20px 20px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div>The Vatican embassies also received communication &nbsp;at 8pm saying that any diplomatic necessity ought to be addressed to Archbishop Giovanni Becciu and to the Dean of the College of Cardinals.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Today, at 12:30pm Rome time, Archbishop PierLuigi Celate, the vice-Camerlengo,&nbsp;sealed off the <a class=\"zem_slink\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Basilica_of_St._John_Lateran\" title=\"Basilica of St. John Lateran\" rel=\"wikipedia\" target=\"_blank\">Basilica of Saint John Lateran<\/a>. The basilica is the cathedral for the bishop of Rome.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Rome Reports has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.romereports.com\/palio\/camerlengo-seals-off-papal-apartment-takes-control-of-vatican-as-sede-vacante-begins-english-9221.html#.UTEX86UTt68\">a good visual on the sealing<\/a> of the papal apartments.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top:10px;height:15px\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/?px\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/zemified_e.png?x-id=d59e74b8-0a05-4694-9f3f-99dfcadb959a\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" style=\"border:none;float:right\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At 8pm Rome time on 28 February 2013, the Chair of Saint Peter went empty. The period of time is called sede vacante, the empty see; that is, the Holy Roman Church has no visible head on earth. There is no pope. Until the time the cardinal electors gather for the Conclave to elect the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2013\/03\/papal-apartments-lateran-basil\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Papal apartments, Lateran Basilica sealed<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[32092,3096],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27494"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27494\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}