Exclusive report by Br. Alexis Bugnolo
If your brain is functioning, you could not help notice that the black smoke last evening, came forth from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel at precisely 9 P. M., even though it had been announced that the Cardinals would finish by 7 P. M. and take supper and then retire.
All other Media just pretending nothing happened
What is shocking is that NO ONE in the media is talking about this, but FromRome.info. Everyone is pretending nothing happened.
That the Main Stream Media, formerly funded by USAID, is not talking about it, is significant: because it argues against their fake narrative which they have pushed for 12 years: that the Church is united with Pope Francis and wants to follow his lead, and that all the Cardinals except maybe 4 or 5, are on board with his agenda.
That the “Catholic” media has said nothing about it, I cannot explain, other that to say that they are either blind or someone told them not to speak of it.
Considering that the “independent” Catholic media has been warning about the outcome of the Conclave, it is exceedingly strange that they have paid attention to insignificant details like one Cardinal losing his bag, and another not being invited, or that some of the Cardinals do not know how to pronounce Latin, but do not see the elephant in the room.
Here at FromRome.Info, I told you all immediately something was wrong after 7 P.M. because I pay attention to reality and don’t follow narratives fed to me.
So, after this preface, what possibly happened in the Conclave yesterday?
It only takes 2 hours for one balloting, normally speaking. Even, with 133 electors, if they only had one collection spot for the ballots then every Cardinal had to approach and drop in his ballot, that would take no more than 45 minutes, if each Cardinal took 15 seconds to do that, and leaving 10 minutes for them to file back and forth from their seats. — As it is, as you can see from the opening of the conclave, the Cardinals always file in and out of their seats, and do not rise up individually on their own.
Thus, one balloting should have taken place at about 4 PM or 4:30 PM, at the latest and finished at 6 PM or 6:30 PM. In 35 minutes it would be easy for the scrutineers to read all the votes outloud and tally them, since that would not take more than 15 seconds each. Thus the smoke should have come out at about 7 P.M. or at least by 7:30 P.M.
So how can it be accounted for that it only came out at 9 P.M.?
- Some Cardinal or Cardinals did not understand the instructions given in Latin and failed to vote in the correct manner, by submitting their ballot. This can occur if they failed to fold it, or received two ballots stuck together and did not notice, or if one Cardinal deliberately refused to drop in a ballot and dropped in a blank piece of paper. — If this happened the Papal Law requires that all the ballots be destroyed and the voting begins anew, with all Cardinals returning to their seats, if they are not already there, and a fresh ballot distributed to each of them.
- There was some sort of medical emergency during the Conclave and the voting was interrupted as a Cardinal received medical attention: but as of yet, the Vatican has claimed that nothing of this kind occurred, though it is not clear if they would ever admit it did.
- Some Cardinal made a legal objection prior to the voting or after the voting, and the Cardinals were forced in virtue of the Papal Law to interrupt the balloting and vote on the resolution or question raised, in accord with the Papal Law, where they are given the authority to interpret unclear terms of that Law. — This would be highly likely, seeing that the Catholic faction is headed by Cardinal Burke, who certainly can find legal objections to make.
- One or more Cardinals broke silence and began a discourse or shouting match with another Cardinal or Cardinals, and it took the staff and other cardinals in the Sistine Chapel some time to bring that contestation to and end. This is possible considering the emphatic statements made by Cardinal Kasper on May 5th, as reported by Don Minutella, here.
- Vatican Security, from outside the Conclave, detected transmissions emanating from inside the Chapel and warned the Cardinals inside to pause on their voting, until the bug was detected or removed. This is possible, as I reported this morning.
A two hour delay however is hard to explain with any one of these reasons, for it meant that the Cardinals skipped dinner and not being young men, that would gravely impact their health and ability to continue to participate in the Conclave today or in the following days. And I cannot imagine that even the most devout Cardinals would delay 2 hours for a minor reason. So it implies that the delay was caused by some necessity or insurmountable difficulty.
Vatican News, as of 8 A. M., Thursday, May 8th, has said nothing about this. See their report here:
UPDATE: After publishing this article EWTN blocked FromRome.Info on youtube. Also, on the morning of May 8th, after the Earthquake struck Rome, the Cardinals completed two ballotings in under 3 hours. — This confirms that two hours last night on May 7th, were caused by something extraordinary.
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Could they have elected someone and waited the extra time for their response, that eventually came back as a decline?
Yes, that is another possibility, but hardly likely, because before they start voting, they ask the candidate if he would oppose their nomination of him as a candidate.