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A papal conclave to elect the late Pope Francis’ successor is starting on Wednesday, with 133 cardinal electors gathering within the Sistine Chapel to start the secretive course of. The cardinals will point out if a pope has been elected via smoke that billows out of the chimney. Black smoke will emerge if the primary spherical of voting yields no winner. If a pope is elected, the smoke can be white.

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