Next Wednesday, May 7, at 4:30 pm, 133 Cardinals with the right to vote (135 in total) will enter the chapel of Sistina Hat, in order to elect the next pope.

The word ‘conception’ comes from the Latin cum clave (“With key”), indicating the complete isolation of the cardinals during the election.

The cardinals will remain completely isolated from the rest of the world for an indefinite period of time, locked in a single communal space without allowing the entry or exit of messages, except for the smoke coming out of the chimney of the Sistine hats. White tobacco marks a new pope and black means that another vote is needed to achieve the consensus of two -thirds plus one needed to elect a new modifika.

Voting, sleep, and even food, will all be done under strict controls.

What exactly is happening in these concepts is unknown, but one thing is certain: Cardinals will certainly have to eat the days or weeks they need to elect the new 1.4 billion Catholics leader in the world.

But even the food could be one a means of ‘trafficking’ forbidden external influences. For example: Ravioli of a cardinal can be “filled” with a message from kitchen staff. Or a cardinal could secretly convey information on the vote in the outside world with a dirty napkin.

For this, their food is thoroughly checked and, according to the BBC, the menu It is prepared by the kitchen of Casa Santa Marta, the inner residence where the cardinals stay in the concussion, by cooks with Vatican trusts such as nuns or certified staff.

In addition, the food is carried under supervisionso that there are no intermediate contacts with people outside papal cuisine.

In 1271 Pope Gregory I established strict rules in the isolation of Conclavium, the longer the election of a new modifika was late. After three days without consensus, the cardinals ate only one meal a day and after eight days, only bread and water.

In the mid -1300s, these rules were relaxed by Pope Klimis VI, who allowed the meals of three dishes consisting of soup. A main dish with fish, meat or eggs. and dessert (cheese or fruit).

Although the menu has changed, strict control over the food of the Conquerment remains. Anything that could “hide” a message – such as covered pies or whole chicken – is prohibited.

For the upcoming concussion starting on May 7, the nuns in Santa Martha will prepare just dishesfeatures of Lazio, the Italian area around the Vatican and nearby Abrucos. The menu will include minestron soup, spaghetti, lamb skewers and boiled vegetables.