New York Post
By Alex Oliveira
Published May 7, 2025
Updated May 7, 2025, 1:01 p.m. ET
The cardinals have sealed themselves inside the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City for the conclave — officially beginning their cloak-and-dagger deliberations to decide the new pope.
“Extra omnes,” a Vatican official declared Wednesday beneath dramatic biblical frescoes painted by the likes of Michelangelo and Botticelli, prompting everyone except the 133 voting cardinals to exit the chamber so the centuries-old ritual could commence.