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  1. [FILES] This handout picture released by the Press office shows cardinals entering in the Sistine Chapel before the start of the conclave at the Vatican on 12 March 2013. Pope Francis died on 21 April 2025 aged 88, a day after making a much hoped-for appearance at Saint Peter's Square on Easter Sunday, the Vatican said in a statement.

    Papal conclave: a painstaking voting process

    Cardinal electors gather in the Sistine Chapel for a highly secretive conclave to choose Pope Francis' successor. Here's how the historic process unfolds step…