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Nick Squires: From secretive conclave to 'Room of Tears'-- how the next pope will be picked

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successor will be chosen in an arcane, deceptive procedure called a conclave, in which cardinals from around the globe collect underneath the frescoed ceilings of the Sistine Chapel in the heart of the Vatican.




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