▁The ▁claims ▁were ▁based ▁on ▁a ▁di ary ▁pur port edly ▁belonging ▁to ▁an ▁anonymous ▁cardinal ▁who ▁had ▁been ▁present ▁at ▁the ▁conc lave . ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁Italian ▁journalist ▁Andrea ▁T orn iel li , ▁this ▁number ▁of ▁votes ▁had ▁no ▁preced ent ▁for ▁a ▁Latin ▁American ▁pap abile . ▁La ▁St ampa ▁reported ▁that ▁Berg og lio ▁was ▁in ▁close ▁cont ention ▁with ▁R atz inger ▁during ▁the ▁election , ▁until ▁he ▁made ▁an ▁emot ional ▁ple a ▁that ▁the ▁card inals ▁should ▁not ▁vote ▁for ▁him . ▁According ▁to ▁T orn iel li , ▁Berg og lio ▁made ▁this ▁request ▁to ▁prevent ▁the ▁conc lave ▁from ▁delay ing ▁too ▁much ▁in ▁the ▁election ▁of ▁a ▁po pe . ▁ ▁As ▁a ▁cardinal , ▁Berg og lio ▁was ▁associated ▁with ▁Comm union ▁and ▁Liber ation , ▁a ▁Catholic ▁evangel ical ▁lay ▁movement ▁of ▁the ▁type ▁known ▁as ▁associations ▁of ▁the ▁faithful . ▁He ▁sometimes ▁made ▁appearances ▁at ▁the ▁annual ▁gather ing ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁R im ini ▁Me eting ▁held ▁during ▁the ▁late ▁summer ▁months ▁in ▁Italy . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 5 , ▁Card inal ▁Berg og lio ▁author ized ▁the ▁request ▁for ▁beat ification — the ▁third ▁step ▁towards ▁sain th ood — for ▁six ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁P all ott ine ▁community ▁murder ed ▁in ▁the ▁San ▁Pat ric io ▁Church ▁mass acre . ▁At ▁the ▁same ▁time , ▁Berg og lio ▁ordered ▁an ▁investigation ▁into ▁the ▁mur ders ▁themselves , ▁which ▁had ▁been ▁widely ▁bl amed