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.

Trump has taken this oath formally twice, during his 2017 and 2025 inaugurations, as required in Article II. Indeed, the framers of the Constitution deemed the presidential oath to be so important ...

The Vatican support staff for the cardinals who will elect the successor to Pope Francis, from doctors to elevator operators, took an oath of secrecy on Monday ahead of the conclave on Wednesday.

Is the Congressman upholding his oath to defend the constitution against all enemies, including domestic ones? Is he faithfully discharging the duties of his office? Given that he has not provided ...

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 ...

It is interesting to note, however, the license that David took with his composition – and the license he did ... he portrayed similar segregation in his painting ‘Oath of the Horatii’. David seemed ...

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 ...

President Donald Trump’s second time taking the oath of office had the internet buzzing about rules and tradition. Unlike former President Barack Obama’s 2009 swearing-in — when Supreme ...

Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th president of the United States on Monday, marking an unprecedented political comeback four years after being voted out of office. The ceremony, held indoors ...

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th president on Monday inside the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol after frigid weather moved the pageantry indoors. Trump became president moments ...

WASHINGTON — The chief justice of the Supreme Court traditionally administers the oath of office to the incoming president, while the vice president has more flexibility in choosing who reads ...