This handout picture released by the Press office shows cardinals entering in the Sistine Chapel before the start of the conclave at the Vatican on March 12, 2013. Photo by Handout / OSSERVATORE ROMANO / AFP
Vatican City: Two Catholic cardinals will miss the conclave next week to elect a successor to Pope Francis because of health issues, the Vatican said on Tuesday, without naming them. A total of 135 cardinals are eligible to vote. If all the others attend, there will be 133 cardinals present for the secret ballot in the Sistine Chapel, which begins on May 7.
