March 12, 2013
From left, U.S. cardinals Roger Mahony, Edwin O'Brien and Timothy Dolan leave the North American College to go to the Vatican's Domus Sanctae Martae, the Vatican hotel where the cardinals stay during the conclave, in Rome. Cardinals enter the Sistine Chapel on Tuesday to elect the next pope amid more upheaval and uncertainty than the Catholic Church has seen in decades: There's no front-runner, no indication how long voting will last and no sense that a single man has what it takes to fix the many problems.
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German cardinal Reinhard Marx, right, and cardinal Juao Braz de Aviz of Brazil arrive for the religious mass 'Pro Eligendo Romano Pontifice' at St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Vatican City.
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Nigerian cardinal John Onaiyekan attends a mass at the St Peter's Basilica before the conclave at the Vatican.
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Italian cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi attends a mass at the St Peter's Basilica before the conclave at the Vatican.
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The dean of the College of Cardinals, Angelo Sodano, leads a grand mass in St Peter's Basilica ahead of a papal election conclave.
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Cardinals attend a mass at the St. Peter's Basilica before the start of the conclave.
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Visitors watch a mass at St. Peter's Basilica shown on a video monitor in Vatican Square attended by cardinals before sequestering themselves in the Sistine Chapel for the conclave to elect the next pope at the Vatican.
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Nuns walk through St. Peter's Square in Vatican City, Vatican.
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Faithfuls pray on their knees at St. Peter's Square ahead of a conclave at the Vatican.
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The red curtain on the central balcony, called the Loggia of the Blessings of St. Peter's Basilica, where the new pope will appear after being elected in the conclave is seen at the Vatican.
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