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    Cardinal Sean Patrick O'Malley, foreground, followed by cardinal Roger Mahoney arrives in St. Peter's Basilica to attend a vespers celebration at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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    Cardinals gather in St. Peter's Basilica to attend a vespers celebration at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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    Cardinal George Francis holds a rosary in St. Peter's Basilica during a vespers celebration at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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    Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle sits as he waits for the start of a vespers celebration in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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    Cardinal Marc Ouellet, center, checks his watch as he talks with an unidentified prelate in St. Peter's Basilica during a vespers celebration, at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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    Cardinal Angelo Comastri holds up the Ostensory during a vespers celebration in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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    Cardinals leave at the end of a vespers celebration in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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    Cardinal Angelo Scola, top right, prays during a vespers celebration in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 6, 2013. To illustrate that life is a journey, one of the Italian cardinals touted as a favorite to be the next pope doesn't just turn to the Scriptures, but also to Jack Kerouac and Cormac McCarthy. Angelo Scola, the archbishop of Milan, is seen as Italy's best chance at reclaiming the papacy, following back-to-back popes from outside the country that had a lock on the job for centuries. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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    Andrew Medichini - AP
    CORRECTS POSITIONS. Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, right, picks up Canadian Cardinal Marc Ouellet's skull cap after the wind blew it off as they walk in St. Peter's Square after attending a cardinals' meeting, at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 6, 2013. Cardinals are meeting to discuss the problems of the church and to get to know one another because there is no clear front-runner in the election of the new pope. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
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    VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - MARCH 06: Archbishop of Prague Cardinal Miloslav Vlk attends a meeting of prayer at St. Peter's Basilica on March 6, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican. The start-date of the conclave to elect a new Pope, following the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, has yet to be confirmed as many cardinals have sought more time to discuss the issues currently facing the Catholic church. (Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images)
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    VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - MARCH 06: Archbishop of Vienna Cardinal Christoph Schonborn attends a meeting of prayer at St. Peter's Basilica on March 6, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican. The start-date of the conclave to elect a new Pope, following the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, has yet to be confirmed as many cardinals have sought more time to discuss the issues currently facing the Catholic church. (Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images)
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    VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - MARCH 06: An altar boy lights candles in St. Peter's Basilica during a meeting of prayer at St. Peter's Basilica on March 6, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican. The start-date of the conclave to elect a new Pope, following the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, has yet to be confirmed as many cardinals have sought more time to discuss the issues currently facing the Catholic church. (Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images)
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    VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - MARCH 06: Filipino cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle (L) attends a meeting of prayer at St. Peter's Basilica on March 6, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican. The start-date of the conclave to elect a new Pope, following the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, has yet to be confirmed as many cardinals have sought more time to discuss the issues currently facing the Catholic church. (Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images)
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    VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - MARCH 06: Filipino cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle (L) attends a meeting of prayer at St. Peter's Basilica on March 6, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican. The start-date of the conclave to elect a new Pope, following the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, has yet to be confirmed as many cardinals have sought more time to discuss the issues currently facing the Catholic church. (Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images)
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    VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - MARCH 06: Swiss cardinal Kurt Koch attends a meeting of prayer at St. Peter's Basilica on March 6, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican. The start-date of the conclave to elect a new Pope, following the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, has yet to be confirmed as many cardinals have sought more time to discuss the issues currently facing the Catholic church. (Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images)
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    VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - MARCH 06: Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle (C) attends a meeting of prayer at St. Peter's Basilica on March 6, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican. The start-date of the conclave to elect a new Pope, following the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, has yet to be confirmed as many cardinals have sought more time to discuss the issues currently facing the Catholic church. (Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images)
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    VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - MARCH 06: Archbishop of Lima cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne attends a meeting of prayer at St. Peter's Basilica on March 6, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican. The start-date of the conclave to elect a new Pope, following the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, has yet to be confirmed as many cardinals have sought more time to discuss the issues currently facing the Catholic church. (Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images)
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    Andrew Medichini - AP
    Cardinals including Daniel Nicholas DiNardo, right, arrive for a meeting, at the Vatican, Tuesday, March 5, 2013. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
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    Alessandra Tarantino - AP
    Mexican Cardinal Francisco Robles Ortega arrives for a meeting, at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 6, 2013. Cardinals from around the world have gathered inside the Vatican for their first round of meetings before the conclave to elect the next pope, amid scandals inside and out of the Vatican and the continued reverberations of Benedict XVI's decision to retire. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
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    Cardinal Gabriel Zubeir Wako, of Sudan, arrives for a cardinals' meeting, at the Vatican, Tuesday, March 5, 2013. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
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    Alessandra Tarantino - AP
    Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, right, and Cardinal Ricardo Vidal, of the Philippines, arrive for a meeting, at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 6, 2013. Cardinals from around the world have gathered inside the Vatican for a round of meetings before the conclave to elect the next pope, amid scandals inside and out of the Vatican and the continued reverberations of Benedict XVI's decision to retire. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
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    Alessandra Tarantino - AP
    Cardinal Javier Lozano Barragan, of Mexico, arrives for a meeting, at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 6, 2013. Cardinals from around the world have gathered inside the Vatican for a round of meetings before the conclave to elect the next pope, amid scandals inside and out of the Vatican and the continued reverberations of Benedict XVI's decision to retire. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
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    Canadian Cardinal Marc Ouellet holds on to his umbrella on a rainy windy day as he walks in St. Peter's Square after attending a cardinals' meeting, at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 6, 2013. Cardinals are meeting to discuss the problems of the church and to get to know one another because there is no clear front-runner in the election of the new pope. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
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    Alessandra Tarantino - AP
    Cardinal Andre' Vingt-Trois, of France arrives for a cardinals' meeting, at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 6, 2013. Cardinals from around the world have gathered inside the Vatican for their first round of meetings before the conclave to elect the next pope, amid scandals inside and out of the Vatican and the continued reverberations of Benedict XVI's decision to retire. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
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    Alessandra Tarantino - AP
    Cardinal Daniel Nicholas DiNardo, left, and Cardinal Sean Patrick O'Malley, right, arrive for a meeting, at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 6, 2013. Cardinals from around the world have gathered inside the Vatican for a round of meetings before the conclave to elect the next pope, amid scandals inside and out of the Vatican and the continued reverberations of Benedict XVI's decision to retire. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
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    Cardinal Vinko Puljic arrives for a cardinals' meeting, at the Vatican, Tuesday, March 5, 2013. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
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    Alessandra Tarantino - AP
    From left, Cardinals Miloslav Vlk, of the Czech Republic, Walter Kasper, of Germany, Giuseppe Betori, of Italy, and Dominik Duka, also of the Czech Republic, arrive for a cardinals' meeting, at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 6, 2013. Cardinals from around the world have gathered inside the Vatican for their first round of meetings before the conclave to elect the next pope, amid scandals inside and out of the Vatican and the continued reverberations of Benedict XVI's decision to retire. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
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