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St. Peter’s Basilica seen through the columns on Thursday, March 7, 2013. The conclave to pick a new pope will begin on Tuesday (March 12) the Vatican said Friday, resolving an open question that had dogged the cardinals meeting here over the past week. RNS photo by David Gibson.

(RNS1-mar8) St. Peter’s Basilica seen through the columns on Thursday, March 7, 2013. The conclave to pick a new pope will begin on Tuesday (March 12) the Vatican said Friday, resolving an open question that had dogged the cardinals meeting here over the past week. For use with RNS-CONCLAE-START, transmitted on March 7, 2013, RNS photo by David Gibson.