The start date for the conclave that will result in the selection of a new pope will be voted on later today, Vatican officials say.
During a daily press briefing at the Vatican, Father Federico Lombardi said the conclave will "likely" begin Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday.
An announcement on the conclave start date is expected at 1 p.m. ET.
Cardinals are once again meeting Friday for their fifth day of discussions, called general congregations, ahead of the election of a new leader for the world's 1.2 billion Catholics.
Vietnamese Cardinal Jean-Baptiste Pham Minh Man, the last of the 115 cardinals eligible to vote on the next pontiff, arrived in Rome Thursday, paving the way for a vote on the commencement date of the conclave.
CBC News Vatican analyst David Perlich said Friday that the morning of the opening of the conclave there will be election mass in St. Peter's Basilica. Then, likely that afternoon, the cardinals will file into the Sistine Chapel in a grand procession, and its famous doors will be closed.
"We'll hear the words extra omnes, everyone out," he said.
Once sealed inside the Sistine Chapel, the cardinals will swear an extra oath of secrecy.
One vote on successor will be held on the first day of conclave, Perlich said. On subsequent days, two votes will be held in the mornings and two in the afternoons.
"Any one of those votes could bring us a new pope."
The conclave was prompted by the February resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, who is now pope emeritus.
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