Cardinals inside the Sistine Chapel are seen on a video screen under the statue of St. Paul, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, April 18, 2005. Cardinals from six continents entered the chapel to begin secret deliberations to choose a new leader of the world's 1.1 billion Catholics.
Cardinals in the Sistine Chapel swear their secrecy on the Holy Gospel, as seen on a video screen under the statue of St. Peter, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, April 18, 2005.
People look at a giant video screen showing the cardinals taking an oath of secrecy inside the Sistine Chapel, at the Vatican, April 18, 2005.
Cameras with long lenses are pointed at the balcony where the new pope will appear after his election, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, April 18, 2005.
A television monitor in a London betting shop displays odds on cardinals that could become the next pope, April 18, 2005.
Faithful gather in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, April 18, 2005, as the cardinals began their secret conclave to choose the next pope.
A view of the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, April 18, 2005. Piilgrims and tourists packed the church and the square to take a last glimpse of the cardinals who will elect the next head of the Roman Catholic Church during the conclave. The newly elected pontiff will impart his first blessing to the faithful from the balcony.
A man stands in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, April 18, 2005.
A woman waves a U.S. flag in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, April 18, 2005.
A woman follows Mass on a giant video screen mounted in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, April 18, 2005.
A young girl wrapped in a Brazilian flag sits on her father's shoulders as they follow a Mass on a giant screen, outside St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, April 18, 2005.
A copy of the Vatican's Osservatore Romano newspaper featuring photos of cardinals who may become the next pope is read in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, April 18, 2005.
Italian Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, his fellow countryman Cardinal Angelo Sodano and German Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger pray during a Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, April 18, 2005. It was the cardinals' last public appearance before convening their secret conclave.
Cardinals (in red), prelates (in purple and white), and faithful attend a mid-morning Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, April 18, 2005.
Mass is held in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, April 18, 2005.
Cardinals walk in procession during a mid-morning Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, April 18, 2005.
German Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger gives communion to a nun during a Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, April 18, 2005.
Italian politicians Clemente Mastella, second from left, Marco Follini, third from left, and Pierferdinando Casini, first right, attend a Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, April 18, 2005.
German Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger leads a Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, April 18, 2005.
Two cardinals talk to each other prior to a Mass held in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, April 18, 2005. The cardinals made their last public appearence before sequestering themselves inside the Sistine Chapel later in the day to begin the process of choosing a new pope.