Voting due to start to elect a new pope

Laura Gozzi

BBC News

Reporting fromVatican City
VATICAN MEDIA / HANDOUT A view from the Sistine Chapel, specially arranged ahead of the Papal Conclave to elect the new pope as voting desks for the 133 cardinals have been placed beneath Michelangelo's frescoes.VATICAN MEDIA / HANDOUT

Voting desks for 133 cardinals have been set up inside the Sistine Chapel ahead of the conclave.

On Wednesday evening, under the domed ceiling of Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel, 133 cardinals will vote to elect the Catholic…

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