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Saturday, May 25, 2013 | 9:02 a.m.

Cardinals Prepare to Elect Pope For Troubled Church

Roman Catholic cardinals chanted and prayed for divine guidance in the Sistine Chapel on Tuesday as they prepared for a conclave to elect a pope who will face one of the most difficult periods in the Church's history. The 115 red-hatted and red-caped cardinals gathered in the Pauline Chapel and walked in procession along the frescoed halls of the Vatican's Apostolic Palace into the Sistine, where they could remain closeted for several days of balloting.
 
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