AP PHOTOS: Pre-conclave cardinal meetings come to an end
Cardinal Francis Leo walks along St. Peters square, at the Vatican, Monday, May 5, 2025, after attending the General Congregation of cardinals in the New Synod Hall where they are preparing for the upcoming conclave starting on May 7, to elect the 267th Roman pontiff. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Cardinals have wrapped up their pre-conclave meetings before they enter the conclave to elect a new pope.
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Journalists look at a photograph of the conclave where late Pope Francis was elected on March 13, 2013, and displayed inside the Borgia Apartments at the Vatican Museums during a press tour, Friday, May 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Journalists look at a photograph of the conclave where late Pope Francis was elected on March 13, 2013, and displayed inside the Borgia Apartments at the Vatican Museums during a press tour, Friday, May 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Cardinal Ignace Bessi Dogbo, of Ivory Coast, leaves at the end of a college of cardinals’ meeting, at the Vatican, Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Cardinal Ignace Bessi Dogbo, of Ivory Coast, leaves at the end of a college of cardinals’ meeting, at the Vatican, Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
In this image taken on Monday, April 28, 2025, and made available Saturday, May 3, 2025, by Vatican Media, workers prepare the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican, where the upcoming conclave will start May 7, backdropped by Michelangelo Buonarroti’s fresco ‘The Last Judgement’. (Vatican Media via AP)
In this image taken on Monday, April 28, 2025, and made available Saturday, May 3, 2025, by Vatican Media, workers prepare the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican, where the upcoming conclave will start May 7, backdropped by Michelangelo Buonarroti’s fresco ‘The Last Judgement’. (Vatican Media via AP)
Cardinal John Dew leaves the Vatican on Monday, May 5, 2025, after attending the General Congregation of cardinals in the New Synod Hall where they are preparing for the upcoming conclave starting on May 7, to elect the 267th Roman pontiff. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Cardinal John Dew leaves the Vatican on Monday, May 5, 2025, after attending the General Congregation of cardinals in the New Synod Hall where they are preparing for the upcoming conclave starting on May 7, to elect the 267th Roman pontiff. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Cardinals attend a mass on the fifth of nine days of mourning for late Pope Francis, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Cardinals attend a mass on the fifth of nine days of mourning for late Pope Francis, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Cardinal Claudio Gugerotti arrives at the Vatican, Monday, May 5, 2025, to attend the General Congregation of cardinals in the New Synod Hall where they are preparing for the upcoming conclave starting on May 7, to elect the 267th Roman pontiff. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Cardinal Claudio Gugerotti arrives at the Vatican, Monday, May 5, 2025, to attend the General Congregation of cardinals in the New Synod Hall where they are preparing for the upcoming conclave starting on May 7, to elect the 267th Roman pontiff. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Cardinals attend a mass on the fifth of nine days of mourning for late Pope Francis, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Cardinals attend a mass on the fifth of nine days of mourning for late Pope Francis, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
People walk near the St. Peter’s Basilica, background, in Rome, on Tuesday, May 6, 2025, the day before of the upcoming conclave starting on May 7, to elect the 267th Roman pontiff. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
People walk near the St. Peter’s Basilica, background, in Rome, on Tuesday, May 6, 2025, the day before of the upcoming conclave starting on May 7, to elect the 267th Roman pontiff. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Cardinal William Goh arrives at the Vatican, Monday, May 5, 2025, to attend the General Congregation of cardinals in the New Synod Hall where they are preparing for the upcoming conclave starting on May 7, to elect the 267th Roman pontiff. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Cardinal William Goh arrives at the Vatican, Monday, May 5, 2025, to attend the General Congregation of cardinals in the New Synod Hall where they are preparing for the upcoming conclave starting on May 7, to elect the 267th Roman pontiff. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Cardinals attend a mass on the third of nine days of mourning for late Pope Francis, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Monday, April 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Cardinals attend a mass on the third of nine days of mourning for late Pope Francis, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Monday, April 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Cardinal Stephen Chow Sau-yan is approached by reporters as he arrives for a college of cardinals’ meeting, at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Cardinal Stephen Chow Sau-yan is approached by reporters as he arrives for a college of cardinals’ meeting, at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
From left, Cardinals Jose Cabo Cano, Gérald Cyprien Lacroix, Fernando Filoni, and Juan Jose Omella arrive at St. Mary Major Basilica, where Pope Francis is buried, Sunday, April 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
From left, Cardinals Jose Cabo Cano, Gérald Cyprien Lacroix, Fernando Filoni, and Juan Jose Omella arrive at St. Mary Major Basilica, where Pope Francis is buried, Sunday, April 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Cardinals arrive in procession for a mass on the seventh of nine days of mourning for late Pope Francis, in St. Peter’s Basilica, at the Vatican, Friday, May 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Cardinals arrive in procession for a mass on the seventh of nine days of mourning for late Pope Francis, in St. Peter’s Basilica, at the Vatican, Friday, May 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
From top left and clockwise: boxes of rosaries with pictures of Pope Pius X, Pope Francis, John Paul II, and Pope Benedict XVI in Rome, Thursday, May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
From top left and clockwise: boxes of rosaries with pictures of Pope Pius X, Pope Francis, John Paul II, and Pope Benedict XVI in Rome, Thursday, May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Journalists work next to St. Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, on Monday, May 5, 2025, ahead of the upcoming conclave starting on May 7, to elect the 267th Roman pontiff. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Journalists work next to St. Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, on Monday, May 5, 2025, ahead of the upcoming conclave starting on May 7, to elect the 267th Roman pontiff. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Cardinal Dean Giovanni Battista Re, left, and Cardinal Lazarus You Heung-sik talk before attending a rosary prayer and a candlelight procession with the image of Mater Ecclesiae in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Saturday, May 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Cardinal Dean Giovanni Battista Re, left, and Cardinal Lazarus You Heung-sik talk before attending a rosary prayer and a candlelight procession with the image of Mater Ecclesiae in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Saturday, May 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
They are trying to identify someone who can follow Pope Francis and make the 2,000-year-old Catholic Church credible and relevant today, especially to young people.
The cardinals held their last day of pre-conclave meetings Tuesday morning during which Francis’ fisherman’s ring and his official seal were destroyed in one of the final formal rites of the transition of his pontificate to the next.
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