The College of Cardinals of Scalda: meetings to get to know each other

The congregations are continuing in view of the conclave. The operations started on 5 or 6 May: Becciu, for now, remains on the bench. Yesterday morning, in the Vatican, the fourth General Congregation of Cardinals took place. In the presence of 149 cardinals (up from 113 on Thursday) shortly after 9 o'clock the April...

Its focus is on the transition and all cardinals—electors and non-electors—participate in the general congregations, although those over 80 years of age do not vote in the Conclave as they have the right to abstain.

Cardinal Baltazar Porras participated this Friday in the fourth and final session of the General Congregation of Cardinals before the funeral of Pope Francis to finalize the details of the Holy Father's funeral and discuss how the new high pontiff should be.

Cardinals Meet for the Fourth Time: 149 Are Now in Rome. Novelties Reported by the Holy See Press Office - ZENIT

(ZENIT News / Vatican City, 25.04.2025).- The Press Room reported that the fourth General Congregation of Cardinals took place on the morning of Friday, April 25. The meeting began at 9:10 a.m. and was attended by 149 members. The General Congregation began with a moment of prayer, and then those who had not yet done so took the oath, according to the procedures established in the Apostolic Constitution Universi Dominici Gregis. During the Congr…