Live from St Peter's Square in Rome: cardinals get ready to cast their vote for the next pope

While Sistine chapels’ voting booth remains unpredictable, there are still potential runners and riders. To discuss these front runners as well as the intriguing internal politics of the papal conclave, William Crawley is joined by papal expert Edward Pentin and Vatican reporter Colleen Dulle.

Also in the programme, we hear from the Gammarelli family, who have been dressing bishops, cardinals and popes for over 200 years. They were the personal tailors to Pope Francis, as well as his predecessors. William Crawley speaks to the shop owner, Lorenzo Gammarelli near the Pantheon in Rome.

And William interviews Sister Nathalie Becquart, who has served as an undersecretary of the Synod of Bishops since 2021. She is the first woman to hold such an important position and the first to have voting rights in the Synod.

Presenter: William Crawley
Producers: Catherine Murray in Rome; Bara'atu Ibrahim & Ruth Purser in Salford
Studio Managers: Phil Booth and Sharon Hughes
Production Coordinator: Liz Poole
Editor: Tim Pemberton