With just four days to go until the conclave to elect a new pope begins, cardinals are addressing a variety of challenges the next pontiff will have to face. During a flurry of pre-conclave meetings happening in the Vatican, discussions have seen both criticisms of the late pontiff, with a call for more clarity from his successor, but also praise and a call for continuity with Pope Francis's policies.
Cardinals have now been meeting for eight days in pre-conclave general congregations, during which they are getting to know one another and offering interventions on the state of the world and the Church, to establish a profile for the next Successor of Peter.
