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Members of the fire and rescue service set a chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel before the conclave at the Vatican March 9. Smoke coming from the chimney will be the only sign to the world of how things are progressing inside the chapel during the conclave. White smoke signals that the cardinal electors have elected a new pope. Black smoke indicates voting was inconclusive.

In digital age, Vatican sticks with smoke, bells to announce results

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VATICAN CITY - Though the Vatican has become increasingly savvy with more modern forms of communication, it's still sticking with more primitive methods -- swirling smoke and tolling bells -- to announce whether a new pope has been elected.

The Vatican's St. Peter's Basilica is illuminated while seen from the Tiber River in Rome March 11, the evening before the world's cardinals gather for the conclave in the Sistine Chapel to elect a new pope.

Cardinals end pre-conclave meetings, hear report on Vatican bank

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VATICAN CITY - During their last meeting before entering the conclave to elect a new pope, the world's cardinals heard a report on the Vatican bank and continuing efforts to comply with international standards to prevent money laundering and the funding of terrorism.

Toronto's Cardinal Thomas Collins says the process of picking a pope has been something like a synod or a retreat.

Conclave is about prayer, not secrecy, says Collins

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Updated 03/11/13 - Corrections

ROME - The process of picking a pope so far has been something like a synod and something like a retreat, said Toronto's Cardinal Thomas Collins just before celebrating Sunday Mass at his titular church in Rome.

The College of Cardinals will begin the conclave to elect the next pope on Tuesday, Mar. 12

Conclave to begin Tuesday

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With just one more session of meetings to go, the cardinals who have gathered in Rome have decided to lock themselves in the Sistine Chapel and start the conclave to choose a new pope on Tuesday, March 12.

Cardinal Marc Ouellet at the International Eucharistic Congress in Quebec City in 2008.

Ouellet a pastoral man faithful to his Church

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Mixed reactions on potential pope, but most agree he is a holy man

Conclave not just an election, it's a liturgy

Conclave not just an election, it's a liturgy

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Updated 03/11/13 - Updates throughout

ROME - Elections are conducted differently in every country. Brazil insists on electronic voting machines while Canada sticks with paper ballots. In North Korea there's just one candidate and in Kenya half the population is running.

Members of the media preview the Sistine Chapel as preparations continue for the conclave March 9 at the Vatican. Cardinal electors will enter the chapel in the afternoon March 12 to begin the conclave to elect the new pope.

Global challenges await successor to Benedict

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VATICAN CITY - Like the rest of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics, including the 5,100 bishops and 412,000 priests, the Pope exercises what the Catechism of the Catholic Church calls his "baptismal priesthood" by participating in "Christ's mission as priest, prophet and king."

Tourists, locals stake out spot where cardinals gather for meetings

Tourists, locals stake out spot where cardinals gather for meetings

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VATICAN CITY - Everyone is curious about the cardinals.

Talia Dekel, Maimoon Azmi, Katie McCants and Nico Bauch toured Canadian campuses as Wordswap talking about Israel.

Israelis combat Apartheid Week with words

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A week before Israeli Apartheid Week is set to send Canadian universities into their annual turmoil over the Middle East, a group of young Israelis are storming campuses armed with a capacity for conversation.

Cardinals gather on a side balcony of St. Peter's Basilica as they await the public introduction of the new pope in this April 19, 2005, file photo. German Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was elected the 265th pope and chose the name Benedict XVI.

Cardinals recount conclave experience

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VATICAN CITY - Chanting the Litany of the Saints, asking a host of holy men and women to help them, the cardinals enter the Sistine Chapel in procession, aware of their enormous responsibility to elect a new pope.

Cardinal Marc Ouellet, prefect of the Congregation for Bishops, center, waves as he arrives for the fourth day of general congregation meetings in the synod hall at the Vatican March 7.

Cardinals need time to talk before conclave, spokesman says

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VATICAN CITY - When 115 cardinal electors gather in the Sistine Chapel for the conclave to elect a new pope, they will be praying and voting four times a day.

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