Conversations about who will be named the next Pope have been going on for some time within the Catholic Church hierarchy, according to Vatican experts.
Contenders do not put themselves forward formally during a conclave and open campaigning for the role is strictly forbidden.
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The highly-political jostling usually takes place among contenders’ supporters over several days, before the white smoke emerges from the Sistine Chapel to signal a new Pope has been chosen.
The 70-year-old Italian is the current secretary of state at the Vatican, a highly political role which has seen him take the lead on delicate diplomatic issues for the Catholic Church.
The Italian is viewed as neither a liberal nor a traditionalist, and his years working so closely alongside Pope Francis allow him to be viewed as someone offering continuity.
Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s Secretary of State at Cop28 climate conference. (Photographer: Sean Gallup / Provider: Getty Images / Source: Getty Images Europe / Copyright: GettyImages)Luis Antonio Tagle
Tagle would win support from more progressive cardinals, having criticised the “harsh” approach taken historically by the Church towards the LGBT community and divorced people.
A strong opponent of same-sex marriage, Sarah has claimed liberal “radicalisation” has taken hold in the western world through abortion, homosexual union and gender theory.
Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo Besungu
Cardinal Ambongo has been a fierce critic of Pope Francis’ Fiducia supplicant – a 2023 declaration which allowed priests to same-sex couples. He called it a “a kind of Western imperialism”.
He also said politicians who support abortion, including the Democrat President Joe Biden, were supporting something “intrinsically evil” and should not receive Holy Communion.
Cardinal Matteo Zuppi
Though Zuppi has made supportive statements about “our LGBT brothers and sisters”, a recent mass given for traditional Catholics was viewed as an attempt to win favour with conservatives.
The conclave is held inside the Sistine Chapel, part of the Vatican Palace (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)How the next Pope is selected
In centuries gone by it could take months for a conclave to conclude, even years. But in recent decades the choice has been made within several days.
Around 110 of the current electors were created by Francis, as he sought to rebalance the College for Cardinals away from its traditional European dominance. It may give an advantage to leading contenders from Latin America and other continents.
Ballot papers are burned in a small, controlled fire inside the chapel. Black smoke billowing from the chimney to inform those outside that a new Pope has still not been selected.
White smoke, created by an additive in the fire, tells the world a new Pope has been chosen. The new Pope then chooses his papal name, dons white robe and red slippers, and appears before the crowds on main balcony of St Peter’s Basilica.
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