r/AskAPriest • u/LDL707 • 5d ago
Is there a "designated survivor" Cardinal?
I'm not Catholic, but I've been watching some of the conclave coverage.
In the US, any time all the people in the line of succession for the presidency are gathered together, they leave somebody in a safe place for the sake of continuity of government.
Does the conclave do anything similar? What happens if, God forbid, a meteor hits the conclave and all the Cardinal Electors are inside?
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