When a Pope dies, a centuries old ritual begins. While roughly 1.4bn Catholics all over the world might mourn their leader, a secret struggle for power begins in the Vatican City. In the following two or three weeks, 252 cardinals gather in the Sistine Chapel to debate and vote in strict secrecy for a new pope, and the future of the Catholic church.
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