What is the protocol after the pope is pronounced dead?
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After clarifying that the pope is indeed dead by calling out his birth name and hitting his head with a hammer thrice, the Ring of the Fisherman is removed and broken into two and so are his seals.
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His body is then kept in state for some days till interred in the crypt of a church. A nine day mourning period is announced after.