Several cardinals were seen walking towards the Vatican on Tuesday (6) to attend a general meeting of the congregation, the last day before the beginning of the conclave.
Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Patriarch of Jerusalem, was among the clerics photographed by the media as he walked through the columns of St. Peter’s Square.
General congregations, during which cardinals discuss the future of the Catholic Church, offer the less known cardinals the opportunity to stand out and become “papable” – a possible Pope.
The Secret Assembly to elect the new pontiff will begin on Wednesday (7) in the Sistine Chapel, where only 133 cardinals under 80 can vote for the next leader of the Catholic Church, which has 1.4 billion faithful.
This content was originally published in cardinals hold the latest Vatican meetings before the conclave on the CNN Brazil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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