Cardinals have prayed together for spiritual guidance ahead of a closed-door conclave to choose a pope.
The Catholic leaders will hold a last pre-conclave meeting today to fine-tune a job description for the man they think would be best-suited to lead the troubled Church.
The 115 cardinals who will take part in the election from tomorrow took a day of rest from pre-conclave meetings to celebrate masses in Rome, either in the quiet of private chapels or in the grandeur of Rome's great cathedrals and basilicas.
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