VATICAN : SEDE VACANTE - VACANT SEE UNTIL CONCLAVE VOTES A NEW POPE

Vatican Radio REPORT This Sunday pilgrims and tourists walked around St Peter’s Square without hearing the traditional recitation of the Angelus by the Pope. The Church is now in the period of the Sede Vacante or Vacant See.

Before his resignation Pope Emeritus Benedict the XVI recited the Angelus 455 times on Sunday over the course of his Pontificate.