Swiss Guards flank the closed doors to the Sistine Chapel as cardinals begin the conclave in order to elect a successor to Pope Benedict at the Vatican

Swiss Guards flank the closed doors to the Sistine Chapel as cardinals begin the conclave in order to elect a successor to Pope Benedict at the Vatican

Swiss Guards flank the closed doors to the Sistine Chapel as cardinals begin the conclave in order to elect a successor to Pope Benedict at the Vatican March 12, 2013. Shut off from the outside world, the 115 cardinals will cast their ballots in a chapel which has Michelangelo’s soaring Last Judgment on one wall, and his depiction of the hand of God giving life to Adam above them. REUTERS/Osservatore Romano (VATICAN – Tags: RELIGION) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS.