Some 133 cardinals from across the globe will come collectively in Vatican Metropolis to elect the subsequent pope, in a conclave beginning on 7 Could.
When white smoke rises from the Sistine Chapel’s chimney, the world will know a brand new pontiff has been chosen.
The BBC has taken a glance again at archive footage from the outcomes of earlier conclaves, way back to Pope Pius XII in 1939 by means of to Pope Francis in 2013.
See the second every pope’s election was introduced, and the way lengthy it took cardinals to pick out them.
Video edited by Ian Aikman.
