Six years of Pope Francis: the hardest and most emotional moments of his pontificate | ROME REPORTS

The day after Pope Francis died, 60 cardinals met inside the Vatican on April 22 and swore an oath, beginning secretive deliberations about the late pontiff's final arrangements — and setting the stage for who will succeed him. By the time of the cardinals' third meeting on April 25, a day before Francis' funeral, that number had more than doubled to 149 cardinals for these almost daily gatherings known as general congregations ahead of the conclave, the assembly of cardinals to elect a new pope