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No, but in the past he would tap the pope lightly on the forehead with a small silver hammer while he called his birth name 3 times. If there was no response, the pope would be declared as deceased. The camarlengo still calls his name three times but a doctor makes the call on the death. The practice of the hammer was discontinued a number of years ago.

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