VATICAN CITY — Cardinals electing a new pope began taking an oath of secrecy Wednesday in the Sistine Chapel before being locked into the conclave, according to a live video feed from the Vatican.

Everyone from cooks to translators to elevator operators took an oath of secrecy at the Vatican on Monday — under threat of automatic excommunication — to prepare for this week’s conclave.

In a powerful display of solidarity, more than 200 local attorneys raised their right hands Thursday at the King County Courthouse in downtown Seattle and repeated in unison the oath they took ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) – One by one, placing a right hand on the Book of Gospels, staff driving, cooking, cleaning and caring for the cardinals who will elect a new pope will swear an oath of ...

A bill requiring the oath of ballot counter for provisional ballots to be sent to the state election division died after a hearing in the House Elections and Apportionment committee. Sen.

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Although there is no historical evidence that the early Roman Empire used the arm-out salute, a 1784 painting, “The Oath of the Horatii,” showed several Roman soldiers giving such a salute.

“The salute gesture was understood to be the Roman salute, popularized by [Jacques-Louis David]’s The Oath of the Horatii, referring to a story from early Roman history,” Halabi said. In the painting, ...

The best example of this classicising invention is Jacques-Louis David’s 1784 painting, The Oath of the Horatii, which shows the three patriotic Horatii brothers giving an oath to defend the republic ...

Jacques-Louis David's 'Oath of the Horatii' (Photo by VCG Wilson/Corbis via Getty Images) His Oath of the Horatii, completed in 1785, depicts three Roman brothers honouring their father with straight ...

The Oath of the Horatii by Jacques-Louis David (1784 and 1785) It was during the period of the French Revolution that the gesture was invented by revolutionary republicans who framed their ...

The best example of this classicising invention is Jacques-Louis David’s 1784 painting, The Oath of the Horatii, which shows the three patriotic Horatii brothers giving an oath to defend the ...