Cardinals meet at the Vatican

The College of Cardinals is meeting at the Vatican to select the next leader of the Catholic Church.

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March 10, 2013

People gather at St. Peter’s Square ahead of the conclave at the Vatican. Roman Catholic cardinals from around the world will assemble in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel on Tuesday to elect a new pope after Benedict XVI’s historic resignation.

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March 10, 2013

A priest takes pictures in front of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican.

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March 10, 2013

Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York City gestures while exiting Our Lady of Guadalupe of Monte Mario, where he is the titular head.

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March 10, 2013

Cardinal Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga of Honduras holds up the host as he celebrates Mass at St. Mary of Hope in Rome.

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March 10, 2013

Nuns pray inside St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican ahead of the conclave Tuesday.

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March 10, 2013

Cardinal Peter Turkson of Ghana celebrates Mass at St. Liborius Church in Rome. Turkson, archbishop of Cape Coast, is among those considered to have a credible shot at the papacy.

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March 9, 2013

Italian cardinals Gianfranco Ravasi, left, and Giuseppe Versaldi arrive for a pre-conclave meeting at the Vatican.

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March 9, 2013

Cardinal Timothy Dolan of the United States arrives for a meeting at the Synod Hall at the Vatican.

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March 9, 2013

Cardinal Kurt Koch of Switzerland arrives at the Vatican.

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March 9, 2013

Cardinal Sean Brady of Ireland greets a fellow cardinal outside the Vatican.

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March 9, 2013

Photographers record the installation of a chimney pot on the roof of the Sistine Chapel.

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March 9, 2013

Members of the Vatican Fire Brigade set up the chimney on the top of the Sistine Chapel. When the new pope is elected, white smoke will billow out.

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March 9, 2013

The two stoves are set up inside the Sistine Chapel in preparation for the conclave. Ballots will be burned in one of the stoves, and chemicals from the second stove will ensure the color of the smoke cannot be misread. White will signify the selection of a new pope.

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March 9, 2013

The Sistine Chapel is where the elector cardinals will gather starting Tuesday for the conclave to select a new pope.

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March 8, 2013

A cardinal holds his cap as he arrives at the Synod Hall at the Vatican. The church announced Friday that the College of Cardinals will start its conclave Tuesday afternoon to select the next pope.

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March 7, 2013

U.S. Cardinal Justin Rigali, center, puts his arm around his compatriot Timothy Dolan, right, as they arrive for a meeting at Synod Hall in the Vatican.

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March 6, 2013

Chamberlain Cardinal Angelo Comastri of Italy elevates the host during prayers at St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican.

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March 6, 2013

Cardinal hats are displayed during a cardinals’ prayer at St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican.

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March 6, 2013

Cardinal Angelo Scola, top right, prays during a vespers celebration in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. Scola, the archbishop of Milan, is seen as Italy’s best chance at reclaiming the papacy, following back-to-back popes from outside the country that had a lock on the job for centuries.

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March 6, 2013

A cross is seen on a cardinal as he arrives for a meeting at Synod Hall in the Vatican.

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March 4, 2013

Cardinal Jose Saraiva Martins of Portugal, left, and Cardinal Giuseppe Versaldi of Italy are surrounded by the media as they walk toward the entrance of the Vatican.

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March 4, 2013

Cardinal Francis Arinze of Nigeria walks across St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City. Preparations for electing Roman Catholicism’s new leader began in earnest Monday as the College of Cardinals opened daily talks to sketch an identikit for the next pope and discuss who among them might fit it.

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March 4, 2013

A cat walks past a priest during the first general meeting of the College of Cardinals at the Vatican. The meetings will set the date for the start of the conclave this month and help identify the candidates to be the next leader of the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics.

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March 4, 2013

A cardinal speaks to journalists before the general meeting at the Vatican.

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March 4, 2013

A cardinal arrives for the opening of the meetings in Vatican City.

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March 4, 2013

Cardinal John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan of Nigeria talks to a tourist after the end of a meeting held at the Synod Hall, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican.

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March 4, 2013

Standing before the gathering, Cardinal Angelo Sodano, center, and Cardinal Chamberlain Tarcisio Bertone, right, open talks ahead of a conclave to elect a new pope.

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March 4, 2013

TV crews film the window of the Gammarelli tailoring shop, where three sets of papal outfits — in small, medium and large — are displayed in Rome.The Gammarelli family has produced the robes in three sizes for more than half a century. The family delivers them to the Vatican before the conclave meets in order to fit the newly elected pope.

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March 4, 2013

The hand of Lorenzo Gammarelli adjusts one of three papal vestments on display at his family’s tailor shop in Rome.

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