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Church's believers, onlookers anticipate outcome of secretive tradition that will decide new pope

Church's believers, onlookers anticipate outcome of secretive tradition that will decide new pope

Cardinals on Wednesday began the tradition-laden process of picking the Catholic Church's next pontiff amid intense security and even more intense speculation about who might be able to unite the church's increasingly polarized 1.4 billion believers.

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