Photos: Final mass before conclave
12:38 PM, Mar 12, 2013
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US Cardinal Timothy Dolan attends the Pro Eligendo Romano Pontifice Mass at St Peter's Basilica, before they enter the conclave to decide who the next pope will be. (Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images)
Cardinal Angelo Scola attends the Pro Eligendo Romano Pontifice Mass at St Peter's Basilica, before they enter the conclave to decide who the next pope will be. (Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images)
American Cardinals walk to a bus to take them from the North American College to St. Peter's Basilica where a Pro Eligendo Romano Pontifice Mass will be celebrated before they enter the Conclave to decide who the next pope will be. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Brazilian Cardinal Odilo Schrerer attends the Pro Eligendo Romano Pontifice Mass at St Peter's Basilica, before they enter the conclave to decide who the next pope will be. (Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images)
US Cardinal Sean O'Malley attends the Pro Eligendo Romano Pontifice Mass at St Peter's Basilica, before they enter the conclave to decide who the next pope will be. (Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images)
A man prays while attending the Pro Eligendo Romano Pontifice Mass at St Peter's Basilica, after which Cardinals will enter the conclave to decide who the next pope will be in Vatican City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Cardinals, including Cardinal Timothy Dolan (center), exit St Peter's Basilica after the Cardinals attended the Pro Eligendo Romano Pontifice Mass before they will enter the conclave to decide who the next pope will be. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Brazilian Cardinal Odilo Schrerer attends the Pro Eligendo Romano Pontifice Mass at St Peter's Basilica, before they enter the conclave to decide who the next pope will be in Vatican City. (Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images)
Cardinals attend the Pro Eligendo Romano Pontifice Mass at St Peter's Basilica, before they enter the conclave to decide who the next pope will be. (Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images)
Cardinals attend the Pro Eligendo Romano Pontifice Mass at St Peter's Basilica, before they enter the conclave to decide who the next pope will be in Vatican City. (Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images)
People attend the Pro Eligendo Romano Pontifice Mass at St Peter's Basilica, after which Cardinals will enter the conclave to decide who the next pope will be. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Italian Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi attends the Pro Eligendo Romano Pontifice Mass at St Peter's Basilica, before they enter the conclave to decide who the next pope will be. (Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images)
People receive communion while attending the Pro Eligendo Romano Pontifice Mass at St Peter's Basilica, after which Cardinals will enter the conclave to decide who the next pope will be. The conclave will be held inside the Sistine Chapel and will be attended by 115 cardinals as they vote to select the 266th Pope of the Catholic Church. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Cardinals attend the Pro Eligendo Romano Pontifice Mass at St Peter's Basilica, before they enter the conclave to decide who the next pope will be. (Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images)
People attend the Pro Eligendo Romano Pontifice Mass at St Peter's Basilica, after which Cardinals will enter the conclave to decide who the next pope will. The conclave will be held inside the Sistine Chapel and will be attended by 115 cardinals as they vote to select the 266th Pope of the Catholic Church. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
People attend the Pro Eligendo Romano Pontifice Mass at St Peter's Basilica, after which Cardinals will enter the conclave to decide who the next pope will be. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Cardinal Angelo Scola attends the Pro Eligendo Romano Pontifice Mass at St Peter's Basilica, before they enter the conclave to decide who the next pope will be. (Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images)
American Cardinals (L-R) Sean P. O'Malley, Keith O'Brien and Timothy M. Dolan board a bus to take them from the North American College to St. Peter's Basilica where a Pro Eligendo Romano Pontifice Mass will be celebrated before they enter the conclave to decide who the next pope will (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
US Cardinal Sean O'Malley attends the Pro Eligendo Romano Pontifice Mass at St Peter's Basilica, before they enter the conclave to decide who the next pope will be. (Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images)
Cardinal Francis Arinze, 80, of Nigeria exits St Peter's Basilica after he attended the Pro Eligendo Romano Pontifice Mass before he and the other Cardinals will enter the conclave to decide who the next pope will be in Vatican City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
March 12, 2013: Pictures of the cardinals attending their final mass before entering the conclave to decide who the next pope will be.