Cardnals and Food

Day 1 of the conclave in Rome produced what many experts expected. No Pope.
Day 2 of my tug boat conclave had similar results.

Early this morning 115 Roman Catholic cardinals walked into the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican to tend to the business of electing a new Pope. Sitting below paintings by Michelangelo, the cardinals could not come to a decision.
Thousands of miles away, our tug boat conclave gathered in the engineer's office surrounded by water pump parts and engine manuals. Much to the frustration of everyone on board, no Pope was elected.

Cnn reports that workers installed jamming devices on the roof of the Vatican before the conclave began, making it impossible for any of the 115 cardinals who are voting, to communicate with the outside world.

EXCUSE ME?
Let's recap.
The 115 cardinals who shoulder the responsibility of having to elect a new Pope, swear an oath of secrecy.
These cardinals are the holiest of holy men in the catholic church. They are swearing an oath to God that they will not utter a word to anyone about the goings on inside the Sistine Chapel. Each of these cardinals is possibly one step away from become the Pope.
And they are trusted so much that they PUT JAMMING DEVICES ON THE ROOF so they can't tweet who voted for who?
Instead of installing state of the art jamming devices, couldn't they have just said, "Cardinals, turn all your cell phones off now, the conclave is starting."
I find that troubling.

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In a nut shell

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who live at the moment in Brussels.

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