Cardinals-to-be kept in quarantine ahead of Vatican ceremony

Cardinal clothing accessories are seen on display in the window of the Gammarelli clerical clothing shop, in Rome (Andrew Medichini/AP)

Catholic clerics are being kept under quarantine at the Vatican before being elevated to cardinals.

The Vatican’s Santa Marta hotel was built to sequester cardinals during papal elections but is now providing quarantine to the soon-to-be cardinals.