The Vatican's Santa Mata Inn has 128 rooms. From May 7, it will be filled with cardinals attending the meeting to elect the next pope. But one room in the hotel is still sealed with red ribbons, as it has been there since its crew died on Easter Monday.

The suite will only reopen when choosing a new pope. The ribbon remains a clear reminder of the man who wishes to fill the shoes the Cardinal wants to fill – but the existence of Pope Francis shrouded in this conference in many profound ways.

He spent 12 years in the position and appointed about 80% of the Cardinals to choose his successor. He also hopes to fundamentally change the functioning of the Catholic Church, shift its focus away from the Vatican hierarchy, towards the direction of faithfulness and faithfulness around the world, and focus on the poor and marginalization.

My conversation with the Cardinal and the people who evaluate the needs of the church in the days leading to the Pope’s election almost always end up studying what is done by Pope Francis in that position.

Although the ideas built around Francis’ work have become increasingly integrated in recent days, some of his critics are far from persuasive. So, as the church tries to reconcile the different views and reality facing the world?

For two weeks after the Pope's death, the Cardinal pre-criticism gatherings held almost daily in the Vatican are called the general congregation.

While meetings at Sistine Church are limited to Cardinals who are not yet 80 years old (133 will attend this age), these preliminary meetings are open to all 252 Cardinals. Each attendee was given a five-minute perspective, although we know some took longer.

It was at a meeting before the last meeting in 2013 that in a speech lasting less than four minutes, Pope Francis - Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, then known as Argentina, had an impact, speaking of the need to connect with people from a distant Catholic world.

As the Pope, he consciously appointed cardinals from these places. That's why this is the most diverse conference ever. For the first time, it will represent Cape Verde, Haiti, South Sudan, Tonga, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea and Rwanda.

This diversity has been marked: the former bondage meeting is said to make the needs of the church seem to depend on the location of the world they are concerned about.

For example, in Europe, the main consideration for some people might be finding ways to revitalize and reduce the mission of the church facing the congregation, while other places (in Africa or Asian countries) may revolve around social problems, poverty and conflict resolution.

The potential pope may be the one who at least shows an awareness of these very different realities.

The new pope will inherit the official titles given a range of roles: bishop of Rome, pastor of Jesus Christ, successor of the apostle prince, the highest church of the universal church, and the sovereignty of the Vatican.

Although some people are associated with deep spiritual relations, the last title also hints at the needs of a politician, as the pope is the leader of a country, albeit the smallest in the world.

"Unlike your ordinary state, the Vatican agenda was driven by the focus of the Pope's rule at the time," said Chris Trott, ambassador of the British Church in Rome. "On the surface, it was a small state, but it weighed more than many times.

“Pope Francis has 50 million followers on Twitter, so (it’s a very, very small state and an incredible global influencer.”

Pope Francis chose to expand the role of this role, representing those who include the poor and victims of the war, becoming a global spokesperson.

He also tried to play the role of peacemakers, although not everyone believed he had succeeded in this regard, especially in China and Russia.

According to Cardinal Vincent Nichols, the most senior Catholic figure in England and Wales, this expansion of role is one of the reasons for many people outside of many faiths.

He said: “In a sense, Pope Francis’ pope became a person who pays tribute to everyone in the world…religious people, even those without religion.”

“I’m increasingly aware that it’s not just Catholics who are interested in it.”

For many of the voting cardinals, it was mainly a problem in the Catholic convention, which attracted people's attention, which raised questions about the type of pope they wanted to be managers, as well as those who run the administrations of the church and their ministries.

Pope Francis is committed to improving the great problems of sexual abuse and financial corruption in the church, but his successor will have to ensure that reforms are applied evenly throughout the Catholic world.

Even Pope Francis, who worked to change the way the church ranks believers with him and how he built bridges with people outside of his faith, was sometimes confused by the way he imagined exactly how he should work.

Pope Francis changed the tone of social problems through his comments, talking openly about the themes from climate change to financial transparency within the Vatican. But throughout his Pope, some people were not clear about what he meant or how to apply it.

One of his tasks was to remove some power and decisions from the Vatican hierarchy and take it into the hands of high-level Catholics.

He has put in a lot of effort over the last four years, and is actually a poll of many Catholics around the world to find out what is important to them. Laymen were invited to attend the recent bishop meeting to discuss the findings.

The biggest question raised has to do with women’s larger role in church campaigns and welcomes LGBT+ Catholics. But the meeting ended with some confusion, with few obvious steps moving forward, and there was little clear clarity about how laymen could help guide the future direction of the church.

Therefore, the new pope has a general acuity to make it clearer.

Throughout his purpose, some vocal traditionalists opposed what they believed to have been Pope Francis emanated from the teaching and long traditions of the church.

In pre-cardinal meetings, many people over 80 (who are not involved in voting due to age) seized the opportunity to play their role.

Most of the contributions remain secret, but it is reported that Italian Cardinal Beniamino Stella, 83, is 83. He criticized Pope Francis for "imposing his own ideas" in an attempt to keep the governance of the church away from the clergy.

However, at the funeral of Pope Francis, in a held or religious speech, it seems to resonate with the public present (judging by the number of applause) about the themes Francis chose to advocate: the dignity of immigration, the end of war and the environment.

A row of cardinals heard this applause loudly and clearly.

In a sense, Pope Francis does have a clear focus on the church with people in everyday life and their struggles. He is also very clear about making connections with the world outside of faith.

"In a sense, there is a need in the voice of the pope," Cardinal Nichols said. "For some, it's a moral compass, for some, it's a feeling of being accepted, for some, we have to look at things from the poorest perspective.

“It’s a silent voice and our mission is to find someone who can move this forward.”

From the death of Pope Francis to the moment when the Cardinal stayed in the Santa Marta hotel and its overflow residence, there seemed to be a trend in the desire to continuity of what Pope Francis achieved.

Although perhaps this vision of continuity is a vision that can make him more skeptics arouse his skeptics in a pragmatic way. The term “unification” has been widely discussed for some time, and during a period the gap between supporters and critics of the Pope’s vision can sometimes become ugly.

But in the end, when they walk into the Sistine Church, which is the most holy House, because they may consider all pragmatism before the vote, they will be urged to let God and the Holy Spirit guide them.

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