Papal conclave cardinals hold final mass before Sistine Chapel papal conclave

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The cardinals who will choose the new pope in the papal conclave hold their final mass in St Peter's Basilica in Rome before entering the Sistine Chapel for voting. • Cardinals heard a final appeal for unity before sequestering themselves in the Sistine Chapel for the conclave to elect the next pope, as they celebrated Mass amid divisions and uncertainty over who will lead the 1.2 billion-strong Catholic Church. • A Gregorian chant wafting through St Peter's Basilica, the 115 cardinal electors filed in wearing bright red vestments, many looking grim as if the burden of the imminent vote was weighing on them. • In his homily, Cardinal Angelo Sodano, dean of the College of Cardinals, called for unity within the church, a not-so-veiled appeal to the cardinal electors to put their differences aside for the good of the church and the next pope. • Each of us is therefore called to cooperate with the Successor of Peter, the visible foundation of such an ecclesial unity, Cardinal Sodano said. • He was interrupted by applause from the pews - not so much from the cardinals - when he referred to the beloved and venerated Benedict XVI and his brilliant pontificate. • In the afternoon, the cardinals will file into the frescoed Sistine Chapel singing the Litany of Saints, a hypnotic chant imploring the intercession of saints to help them choose a pope. • They will hear a meditation by an elderly Maltese cardinal, take an oath of secrecy, then in all probability cast their first ballots. • Assuming they vote, the first puffs of smoke should emerge from the chapel chimney 1900 GMT - black for no pope, white if a pope has been chosen. • • Get the latest headlines http://www.telegraph.co.uk/ • Subscribe to The Telegraph http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c... • Like us on Facebook / telegraph.co.uk • Follow us on Twitter / telegraph • Follow us on Google+ https://plus.google.com/1028913550727... • Telegraph.co.uk and / telegraphtv are websites of The Daily Telegraph, the UK's best-selling quality daily newspaper providing news and analysis on UK and world events, business, sport, lifestyle and culture.

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