Italian cardinal Paolo Romeo arrives for a meeting of pre-conclave on March 9, 2013 at the Vatican. The conclave of 115 "cardinal electors" will begin on March 12 under Michelangelo's famous frescoes of the Sistine chapel to choose the 266th pope following the abrupt end to Benedict's eight-year papacy which was often overshadowed by scandals.
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US cardinal Edwin Frederick O'Brien arrives for a meeting of pre-conclave on March 9, 2013 at the Vatican.
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French cardinal Philippe Barbarin rides his bike after a meeting of pre-conclave on March 9, 2013 at the Vatican.
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Italian cardinals Gianfranco Ravasi (L) and Giuseppe Versaldi arrive for a meeting of pre-conclave on March 9, 2013 at the Vatican. The conclave of 115 "cardinal electors" will begin on March 12 under Michelangelo's famous frescoes of the Sistine chapel to choose the 266th pope.
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(EDITORS NOTE: A fisheye lens was used to create this image.) Media arrive as clergy and workers make arrangements in the Sistine Chapel before the papal conclave on March 9, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican.
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Workers install the two stoves that will burn the conclave votes and send up smoke signals in the Sistine Chapel before the papal conclave on March 9, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican.
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Members of the Vatican Fire Brigade install the chimney on the top of the Sistine chapel which will emit smoke as cardinals vote for a new pope on March 9, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican.
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