The new German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has taken his oath of office in the Bundestag ... He used the additional religious phrase "so help me God".

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Pope Leo XIV, right, stands in the Sistine Chapel among cardinals after being elected at the Vatican on May 8, 2025. He ...

After that unforgettable, once-in-a-lifetime experience of being a participant in a conclave with 132 other brother cardinals ...

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The oath was taken in order of precedence ... English: And I, [given name] Cardinal [surname], so promise, pledge, and swear. So help me God and these Holy Gospels which I touch with my hand.) ...

Each cardinal then takes an oath in Latin, placing his hand on the Bible and says, “And I,” stating his name, “do so promise, pledge and swear. So help me God and these Holy Gospels which I ...

REUTERS “I take this oath fully aware that an infraction thereof will incur the penalty of automatic excommunication reserved to the Apostolic See. So help me God and these Holy Gospels ...

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So help me God and these holy Gospels that I touch with my hand). Once they have pronounced their name, each cardinal proceeds to the oath formula. 'I promise, bind myself, and swear', they say ...

so help me God.” Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. So, it was a bit puzzling to hear Trump not seem to remember that oath during a May 4 interview with “Meet the Press ...