Pope won't know who voted for him

One thing is sure – the new pope will never truly know who voted for him.

Pope won't know who voted for him

One thing is sure – the new pope will never truly know who voted for him.

Cardinals used to sign their names to ballots, but stopped doing so “due to an old history of intrigues and tensions, when people used to fear the most serious reprisals for their choices,” says Michael Bruter, who teaches political science at the London School of Economics.

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