Temisan Olaifa
The Vatican has announced that a conclave to elect the new leader of the Roman Catholic Church following the death of Pope Francis will begin on May 7.
The date was decided during a closed-door meeting of cardinals at the Vatican on Monday, two days after the funeral of Francis, who died on April 21 aged 88.
A total of 135 cardinals from across the world, all below the age of 80, are eligible to take part in the secret vote to decide who will be the next head of the 1.4-billion-member Church.
