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How the Pope's home church is preparing for conclave

Most people think the Pope’s church is St. Peter’s Basilica. But as the Bishop of Rome, his actual seat is in a church on the other side of Rome called St. John Lateran.

NPR’s Jason DeRose reports.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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