Vat's a fact!

VOTING starts to elect a new Pontiff this week, following the death of Pope Francis last month at the age of 88.

- JAMES MOORE

The secret conclave will take place inside the famous Sistine Chapel, where 135 Catholic cardinals will pick his successor in a series of ballots.

White smoke will signal they’ve come to a decision.

With all eyes on the Vatican, JAMES MOORE reveals 15 fascinating facts about the tiny city-state...

1 The Vatican City, run by the Catholic Church's Holy See - with the Pope as its absolute ruler - is the world’s smallest state, covering just 121 acres and entirely surrounded by Rome.

2 The population is just 882. ‘There’s no hospital and no one becomes a Vatican citizen by birth, they have to be made one, by the Church, for their work.