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ELIGIBILITY TO VOTE AND ALLEGED RESULTS Several authors have provided what they claim to be the vote totals at the conclave. Although this evidence must be viewed as questionable, it cannot be dismissed out of hand. Details of papal conclaves are not supposed to be mentioned by those involved under threat of Excommunication , but this was the first conclave which excluded cardinals over the age of 80 (their ineligibilty having been decreed by Paul VI in 1970 ). Cardinals over 80 are still allowed to participate in the preparatory meetings - and they were ''not'' required to take the same oath of secrecy during the 1978 conclaves. It is possible that one of these elderly cardinals may have revealed things they learned, though after the preparatory meetings were over the superannuated cardinals never entered the conclave itself. Also, cardinals under 80 were not required to destroy all notes they took during the conclave. Under the rules introduced for the 2005 conclave, cardinals over 80 are required to take the same oath of secrecy if they want to participate in the preparatory meetings. All cardinal electors are required to surrender any notes they may have taken in order to be burned along with ballots. Yallop tally As presented by David Yallop in ''In God's Name'' (ISBN 0553050737), a book which claims that John Paul I was murdered:
Burkle-Young tally As presented by Francis A. Burkle-Young in ''PASSING THE KEYS'' (ISBN 1568331304):
Thomas-Witts tally As presented by Gordon Thomas and Max Morgan-Witts in ''PONTIFF'' (ISBN 0451129512):
NOTES The election was one of the plot elements of the movie '' The Godfather Part III ''. |
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