The papal conclave, the secretive election process to elect the next leader of the Roman Catholic Church, commenced on Wednesday.

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More than 100 Catholic cardinals at the Sistine Chapel are gathering on Wednesday, May 7. Watch the livestream here.

Cardinals have decided the conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis will begin May 7. The conclave is a closed-door meeting of the cardinal electors to choose the new pope in the Sistine Chapel.

VATICAN CITY, Holy See — During the upcoming conclave, cardinals will gather in the Sistine Chapel to elect a successor to Pope Francis in a highly secretive process that could take several days ...

As the Church begins the process of selecting a new ... the cardinals in seclusion to ensure that the election of a new pope is conducted free from external influence and political pressure. The papal ...

Catholic cardinals are gathering at the Vatican to elect the successor to Pope Francis, who died on April 21.

Ahead of the conclave ... if no pope has been elected and white smoke if the Catholic world has a new pope. The smoke is turned black or white through the addition of chemicals. • If voting ...