The death of Pope Francis has been met with an outpouring of grief from Catholics bereft at the passing of their spiritual leader who brought humility and inclusivity to the church.
But once the mourning ends, attention will turn to the papal conclave: the secretive Vatican gathering where cardinals will choose Francis’s successor.
While the papacy is often described as a monarchy without a dynasty, the cardinals — so-called princes of the church — will select who will rule over them and give spiritual guidance to the world’s 1.4bn Catholics.
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