Leanings and intentions are only legible for cardinals you have actually spoken with. The rest wear name badges, like everyone else this fortnight.
The chimney is cold.
Installed by the Vatican fire brigade, 2 May.
—in the Square
The largest conclave ever held. 133 electors from 70 countries, most of them strangers to one another, gather to choose a successor to Francis — while betting markets, viral videos and a president posting pictures of himself in a mitre press against the walls. Twelve general congregations to make yourself understood. Then the doors close, the jammers hum, and only the room is left.
Play any of the 133 cardinal electors of May 2025. Shape the pre-conclave in the Synod Hall and over dinner; then survive the scrutinies beneath the Last Judgement.
Leanings and intentions are only legible for cardinals you have actually spoken with. The rest wear name badges, like everyone else this fortnight.