Following the burial of Pope Francis, attention shifts to the cardinals’ conclave in the Vatican.

The late Pope Francis was buried in a private ceremony at the Basilica of Saint Mary Major after drawing huge crowds to his funeral Mass and procession, which united around 400,000 attendees. In the coming days, cardinals will congregate to convene a conclave and choose a new pope, setting off intense speculation regarding the direction a new leader would take the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics.

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