Papa Francisco: Fui ‘usado’ contra Ratzinger no Conclave de 2005, mas ele era ‘meu candidato’. Pope Francis: I Was ‘Used’ Against Ratzinger in 2005 Conclave, But He Was ‘My Candidate’.

O Papa Francisco revelou num próximo livro “O Sucessor” que foi “usado” no conclave de 2005 para bloquear a eleição do Cardeal Joseph Ratzinger, agora Papa Bento XVI. Pope Francis revealed in a forthcoming book "The Successor" that he was "used" in the 2005 conclave to block the election of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI. Francisco admitiu que o seu nome foi apresentado como parte de uma “manobra” de cardeais não identificados e disse que não queria ser eleito. Francis admitted his name was put forward as part of a "maneuver" by unnamed cardinals, and said he didn't want to be elected. Ratzinger foi eleito no mesmo dia e Francisco elogiou-o como “o único que poderia ser papa naquela época”. Ratzinger was elected on the same day, and Francis praised him as "the only one who could be pope at that time."