<prompt> Qedela lo musho olandelayo: Ngemva kokufa kukaPapa John Paul II ngo - April 2, 2005, uBergoglio waya emngcwabeni wakhe futhi wabhekwa njengomunye wababefaneleka ukuba babe opapa. Wabamba iqhaza njengokhadinali okhethayo eMkhandlwini  <response>: Umhlangano kaPapa ka-2005 okhetha uPapa uBenedict XVI. Ku-National Catholic Reporter, uJohn L. Allen Jr. wabika ukuthi uBergoglio wayengumgijimi ohamba phambili emhlanganweni ka-2005. Ngo-September 2005, umagazini wase-Italy i-Limes washicilela izinsolo zokuthi uBergoglio wayengowesibili futhi engumphikisi omkhulu kaKhadinali Ratzinger kuleyo conclave nokuthi wayethole amavoti angama-40 ekuvoteni kwesithathu, kodwa wehla emuva kwaba ngama-26 ekuvoteni kwesine nokunqumayo. Lezi zimangalo zazisekelwe encwadini yezindaba eyayithi ingeyomkhadinali ongaziwa owayekhona emhlanganweni. Ngokwentatheli yase-Italy u-Andrea Tornielli, leli nani lamavoti lalingakaze libonakale ngaphambili kupapabile yaseLatin America. I-La Stampa yabika ukuthi uBergoglio wayephikisana kakhulu noRatzinger phakathi nokhetho, kwaze kwaba yilapho enxusa ngokomzwelo ukuba amakhadinali angamvoteli. NgokukaTornielli, uBergoglio wenza lesi sicelo ukuze avimbele i-conclave ekubambezeleni kakhulu ukukhethwa kukapapa. 