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Cardinals enter Sistine Chapel to start centuries-old secret ritual to elect a new pope

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VATICAN CITY (AP) — With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 cardinals on Wednesday began the secretive, centuries-old ritual to elect a successor to Pope Francis, opening the most geographically diverse conclav

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