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Mon Apr 28 2025

Conclave to elect next pope will begin May 7, Vatican says: Updates

People pray at the Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major (Santa Maria Maggiore), during a visit to the tomb of the late Pope Francis, in Rome, Italy on April 27, 2025.

Pope Francis, who presided over the Roman Catholic Church and its estimated 1.4 billion followers for 12 years, died April 12.

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