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Italian tailor, Raniero Mancinelli, 86, works on a cardinal's cassock in his shop in Borgo Pio, Vatican. [Tiziana Fabi, AFP]
One hundred and thirty-three cardinals, with an average age of 70, mostly chosen by the late Pope Francis, are set to vote for his successor at the conclave beginning on Wednesday.
While many of them will as usual be from Europe, and particularly Italy, they will this time be less in number.
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