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German cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller walks in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

PHOTO COLLECTION: Vatican conclave

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Cardinals, in red beretta hats, attend a final Mass celebrated by cardinals inside St. Peter’s Basilica, before the conclave to elect a new pope, at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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Cardinal Gregorio Rosa Chávez walks before the conclave to elect a new pope, in St. Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
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A faithful prays in St. Peter’s Square during a final Mass by cardinals ahead of the conclave, at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
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A faithful arrives in St. Peter’s Square for the conclave to elect a new pope, at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
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Cardinals, with white mitre hats, attend a final Mass inside St. Peter’s Basilica, before the conclave to elect a new pope, at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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Cardinal Giuseppe Versaldi walks in St. Peter’s Square for the start of the conclave, at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
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Cardinal Giuseppe Versaldi walks through the St. Anna gate, at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
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Faithful kneel during a final Mass celebrated by cardinals inside St. Peter’s Basilica, before the conclave to elect a new pope, at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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Activists from the Women’s Ordination Conference release pink smoke to call for full equality for women in the Catholic Church on the first day of the conclave to elect the 267th pope, in Rome, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
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Pink smoke rises in front of St. Peter’s Dome during a protest by the Women’s Ordination Conference, calling for full equality for women in the Catholic Church on the first day of the conclave to elect the 267th pope, in Rome, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
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A nun waves a Spanish flag near St. Peter’s Basilica, background, in Rome, on Wednesday, May 7, 2025, on the day cardinals sequester themselves at the Vatican for the start of a conclave to elect the 267th Roman pontiff, a successor to Pope Francis. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
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A woman shelters against the rain outside St. Peter’s Basilica, background, in Rome, on Wednesday, May 7, 2025, on the day cardinals sequester themselves at the Vatican for the start of a conclave to elect the 267th Roman pontiff, a successor to Pope Francis. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
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Cardinal Raymond Burke, center, walks to the Vatican, on Wednesday, May 7, 2025, on the day cardinals sequester themselves at the Vatican for the start of a conclave to elect the 267th Roman pontiff, a successor to Pope Francis. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
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Nuns enter an ice cream coffee bar near the Vatican, in Rome, on Wednesday, May 7, 2025, on the day cardinals sequester themselves at the Vatican for the start of a conclave to elect the 267th Roman pontiff, a successor to Pope Francis. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
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Priests stand on a rooftop balcony overlooking St Peter’s Basilica during the conclave, at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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Faithful watch a giant screen showing images of cardinals entering the conclave, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
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Visitors arrive at St Peter Basilica prior to the beginning of the conclave, at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
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Visitors wait in front of the St Peter’s Basilica prior to the beginning of the conclave, at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
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Faithful watch on a giant screen in St Peter’s Square cardinals taking their oath at the start of the conclave to elect a new pope, at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
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A giant screen in St Peter’s Basilica shows cardinals inside the Sistine Chapel during the conclave to elect a new pope, at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
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A giant screen in St Peter’s Square shows Vatican Swiss guards guarding the entrance to the Sistine Chapel at the start of the cardinals’ conclave to elect a new pope, at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
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Faithful gather in St. Peter’s Square as Cardinals are entering in the Sistine Chapel to start the Conclave at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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Clouds pass over St Peter’s Basilica during the cardinals’ conclave to elect a new pope, at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
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Faithful gather in St. Peter’s Square as Cardinals are entering in the Sistine Chapel to start the Conclave at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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Faithful pray during the cardinals’ conclave to elect a new pope, at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
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A faithful prays during the cardinals’ conclave to elect a new pope, at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
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A woman holds up a sign for peace in St Peter’s Square during the cardinals’ conclave to elect a new pope, at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
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People applaud in St Peter’s Square as they watch on a giant screen the moment the door of the Sistine Chapel is closed during the cardinals’ conclave to elect a new pope, at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
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People watch on a giant screen as the cardinals take their oath in the Sistine Chapel during the cardinals’ conclave to elect a new pope, at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
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People wait to see the smoke billow from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel in St Peter’s Square during the cardinals’ conclave to elect a new pope, at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
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People wave flags from the United States as they wait to see the smoke billow from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel in St Peter’s Square during the cardinals’ conclave to elect a new pope, at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
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People gather in St Peter’s Square as they wait to see the smoke billow from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel in St Peter’s Square during the cardinals’ conclave to elect a new pope, at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
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People gather in St Peter’s Square as they wait to see the smoke billow from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel in St Peter’s Square during the cardinals’ conclave to elect a new pope, at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
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The chimney atop the roof of the Sistine Chapel during the conclave, at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
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A giant screen in St Peter’s Square shows a seagull near the chimney of the Sistine Chapel during the cardinals’ conclave to elect a new pope, at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
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Cardinals arrive to attend the first day of the conclave to elect the successor of late Pope Francis inside the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (Vatican Media via AP)
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Cardinals make their way in the Sala Regia to enter the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican to start the conclave to elect the successor of late Pope Francis, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (Vatican Media via AP)
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Cardinals attend the first day of the conclave to elect the successor of late Pope Francis inside the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (Vatican Media via AP)
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People gather in St Peter’s Square as they wait to see the smoke billow from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel in St Peter’s Square during the cardinals’ conclave to elect a new pope, at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
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Statues of the Bernini Colonnade are silhouetted against a cloudy sky during the cardinals’ conclave to elect a new pope, at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
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A giant screen in St Peter’s Basilica shows a Vatican official closing the door to the Sistine Chapel after calling out “extra omnes”, Latin for “all out”, during the cardinals’ conclave to elect a new pope, at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
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Vatican Master of Ceremonies, Archbishop Diego Giovanni Ravelli closes the doors of the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican to start the conclave to elect the successor of late Pope Francis, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (Vatican Media via AP)
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A view of the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica during the cardinals’ conclave to elect a new pope, at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
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People wait in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican to catch a glimpse of the smoke billowing from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, where 133 cardinals are gathering on the first day of the conclave that will elect the successor of late Pope Francis, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo Markus Schreiber)
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People react in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican after black smoke billowed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, where 133 cardinals are gathering on the first day of the conclave, indicating that a successor of late Pope Francis was not elected, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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Nuns applaud as black smoke billows from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel during the cardinals’ conclave to elect a new pope, at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
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Black smoke billows from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, where 133 cardinals are gathering on the first day of the conclave, indicating that a successor of late Pope Francis was not elected, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
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People gather in St Peter’s Square as they wait to see the smoke billow from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel in St Peter’s Square during the cardinals’ conclave to elect a new pope, at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
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Black smoke billows from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, where 133 cardinals are gathering on the first day of the conclave, indicating that a successor of late Pope Francis was not elected, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
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Black smoke billows from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, where 133 cardinals are gathering on the first day of the conclave, indicating that a successor of late Pope Francis was not elected, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

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