Cardinals begin procession into Sistine Chapel for conclave
In this photo provided by the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano, cardinals, in red, and faithful attend a Mass for the election of a new pope celebrated by Cardinal Angelo Sodano inside St. Peter’s Basilica, at the Vatican, Tuesday, March 12, 2013. Cardinals enter the Sistine Chapel on Tuesday to elect the next pope amid more upheaval and uncertainty than the Catholic Church has seen in decades: There’s no front-runner, no indication how long voting will last and no sense that a single man has what it takes to fix the many problems. AP Photo/Andrew Medichini
VATICAN CITY—Catholic cardinals Tuesday began their solemn procession into the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican for a secret conclave to elect a new pope.
The scarlet-robed cardinals chanted the traditional Litany of the Saints as they began filing into the chapel.
