The conclave to elect a new pope officially begins as the doors to the Sistine Chapel close

VATICAN CITY (AP) — With the cry of “extra omnes” — Latin for “all out” — the great doors of the Sistine Chapel closed Wednesday and 133 cardinals began the secretive, centuries-old ritual of electing a new leader of the Catholic Church, opening the most geographically diverse conclave in the faith’s 2,000-year history.The red-robed cardinals entered the Sistine Chapel in pairs, chanting the meditative “Li