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![Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (R) greets a cardinal at the end of the general congregation meeting in Vatican City April 14, 2005. [Roman Catholicism's conclave to elect a new pope will start at Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (R) greets a cardinal at the end of the general congregation meeting in Vatican City April 14, 2005. [Roman Catholicism's conclave to elect a new pope will start at](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2D3N0X8/cardinal-joseph-ratzinger-r-greets-a-cardinal-at-the-end-of-the-general-congregation-meeting-in-vatican-city-april-14-2005-roman-catholicisms-conclave-to-elect-a-new-pope-will-start-at-1430-gmt-next-monday-in-the-sistine-chapel-following-a-public-morning-mass-in-st-peters-basilica-the-vatican-said-on-tuesday-2D3N0X8.jpg)
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (R) greets a cardinal at the end of the general congregation meeting in Vatican City April 14, 2005. [Roman Catholicism's conclave to elect a new pope will start at
![Nuns gather to pray, waiting for the white smoke indicating that the College of Cardinals have elected a new Pope, in Vatican City on April 19, 2005. Cardinals under the age of Nuns gather to pray, waiting for the white smoke indicating that the College of Cardinals have elected a new Pope, in Vatican City on April 19, 2005. Cardinals under the age of](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2EA3WAP/nuns-gather-to-pray-waiting-for-the-white-smoke-indicating-that-the-college-of-cardinals-have-elected-a-new-pope-in-vatican-city-on-april-19-2005-cardinals-under-the-age-of-80-are-meeting-to-elect-a-new-pontiff-during-the-conclave-held-in-secret-in-the-sistine-chapel-photo-by-laurent-zabulonabaca-2EA3WAP.jpg)