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On Wednesday evening, under the domed ceiling of Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel, 133 cardinals will vote to elect the Catholic Church's 267th pope.

Forget forced perspective tricks; this is a full-scale mini city complete with multiple eateries, elegant shops, wind-torn tapestries and domed palaces.

It showed up at church potlucks under domed foil lids, in school lunch trays beside pools of canned peaches, and on our weeknight table with unfussy regularity.

But his mere appearance triggered a roar inside the domed stadium.

The pace of the game was relentless from the first whistle in the dry conditions of the domed Allegiant Stadium, home to NFL side the Las Vegas Raiders.