Cardinals Enter the Sistine Chapel for the Conclave
VATICAN CITY, VATICAN – MARCH 12: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY AND STRICTLY NO COMMERCIAL OR MERCHANDISING USAGE – BOOKS OUT, BROADCAST OUT, All image rights and copyrights reserved to the photographic Service of L’Osservatore Romano). IMAGE IS NOT LICENSED FOR USAGE BEYOND 60 DAYS OF CREATE DATE) The Maestro of Ceremony closes the door of the Sistine Chapel as the Conclave starts on March 12, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican. Pope Benedict XVI’s successor is being chosen by the College of Cardinals in Conclave in the Sistine Chapel. The 115 cardinal-electors, meeting in strict secrecy, will need to reach a two-thirds-plus-one vote majority to elect the 266th Pontiff. (Photo by Servizio Fotografico L’Osservatore Romano via Getty Images)