Different “papabili” – potential papal candidates in Italian – are France’s Jean-Marc Aveline, Hungary’s Peter Erdo, American Robert Prevost, Italy’s Pierbattista Pizzaballa, and Filipino Pablo Virgilio David.
Throughout the conclave, cardinals are sequestered from the world and sworn to secrecy, their telephones and computer systems confiscated, whereas they’re shuttled between the Sistine Chapel for voting and two Vatican guesthouses to sleep and dine.
Earlier than the conclave started, some cardinals supplied totally different assessments of what they’re on the lookout for within the subsequent pope. Francis’ comparatively liberal hold forth was marked by bitter divisions between traditionalists and modernisers.
Some have urged continuity together with his imaginative and prescient of larger openness and reform, whereas others lengthy to show the clock again and embrace fading traditions. Many have indicated they need a extra predictable, measured papacy.
