The co-host of CBS News, Tony Dokoupil, said that the cardinals remain gross without their electronic devices during the papal conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis.
Partial transcription as follows:
John Allen: One thing to understand, it all takes time. We imagine in the conclave that there are all these in charge of political debates in progress. No, inside the Sistine Chapel itself, almost all the time when the cardinals are inside is given to the ritual of the ballot. Each ballot takes about an hour and a half, and with this extraordinary number of voters, it will probably take a little more time.
Dokupil: They sit all the time, they don't get up?
Allen: No. Most of them will tell you that while it happens, they are seated by reading their breviary, it is a prayer book that the clergy has, or praying to a rosary or doing, the only thing we know that they are not doing is checking Instagram because their devices have all been confiscated.
Dokupil: I think children call him Raw Dogging if you are going to go through a long period of time without an electronic device.
Delia Gallagher: Oh, it's true. Well, they are of a certain age, so they could be used to it.
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