All 133 cardinals voting in conclave are now in Rome: Vatican

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5 May 2025 | 12:24

They will gather in secret in the Sistine Chapel starting at 4:30 pm (1430 GMT) on Wednesday, and will keep voting until one choice among them has a two-thirds majority, and becomes head of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics.

VATICAN CITY - All of the 133 Catholic cardinals who will vote to choose a successor to Pope Francis are now in Rome ahead of the conclave starting this week, the Vatican said Monday.

They will gather in secret in the Sistine Chapel starting at 4:30 pm (1430 GMT) on Wednesday, and will keep voting until one choice among them has a two-thirds majority, and becomes head of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics.

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