The Vatican introduced Monday the conclave to elect the subsequent pope will start on Wednesday, Could 7.
“The conclave will happen within the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel, which stay[s] closed to guests throughout these days,” the Vatican’s press workplace stated.
Pope Francis died on April 21, on the age of 88.
His funeral drew a crowd of greater than 200,000 mourners together with a solid of world leaders akin to U.S. President Donald Trump, former President Joe Biden, French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.