All eyes are on Vatican City Tuesday with just over a day to go until the start of the papal conclave to elect the 267th pope.

All mobile phone signal will be deactivated in the Vatican on Wednesday ahead of the highly secretive conclave to elect the next pope, Italian state media reported.

This step is being taken ahead of the secretive vote to select the next pope, who will succeed Pope Francis who passed away on April 21. Special signal jammers. To ensure full pri

Workers and clerics assisting the dozens of Catholic cardinals set to gather Wednesday to begin voting on the next pope had to swear to never reveal anything about the proceedings or else risk the Church’s gravest punishment: religious banishment. The employees took their oaths in the Papal Chapel.

Cleaners and cooks. Doctors and nurses. Even drivers and elevator operators. All the support staff for the cardinals who will elect the successor to Pope Francis must take an oath of secrecy.

Support staff for the cardinals who will elect Pope Francis' successor are taking an oath of secrecy on Monday before the conclave starts on Wednesday.

Following the death of Pope Francis on April 21, 133 cardinal electors will gather on Wednesday in the Sistine Chapel for an election that could last hours, days, or even months.

The College of Cardinals has gathered in the Vatican for the final meeting before the conclave to elect a new pope begins. All cardinals in the Catholic Church are allowed to participate one last time in the so-called General Congregation of the College of Cardinals on Tuesday.