![Alessandra Tarantino FILE - Pope Francis talks with Papal Household Archbishop Georg Gaenswein during his weekly general audience, in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican on Jan. 15, 2020. Pope Francis has exposed the political “maneuvers” to sway votes during the past two conclaves and denied he is planning to reform the process to elect a pope in a new book-length interview published Tuesday April 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, file )](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/b83ccc08b7fd43c7af47cc6d032af7c3/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - Pope Francis talks with Papal Household Archbishop Georg Gaenswein during his weekly general audience, in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican on Jan. 15, 2020. Pope Francis has exposed the political “maneuvers” to sway votes during the past two conclaves and denied he is planning to reform the process to elect a pope in a new book-length interview published Tuesday April 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, file )
![L'OSservatore Romano FILE - Pope Francis, left, and Pope Benedict XVI, meet each other on the occasion of the elevation of five new cardinals at the Vatican, on June 28, 2017. Pope Francis has exposed the political “maneuvers” to sway votes during the past two conclaves and denied he is planning to reform the process to elect a pope in a new book-length interview published Tuesday April 2, 2024. (L'Osservatore Romano/Pool photo via AP, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/a314ddccc64348b880450038fc703d09/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - Pope Francis, left, and Pope Benedict XVI, meet each other on the occasion of the elevation of five new cardinals at the Vatican, on June 28, 2017. Pope Francis has exposed the political “maneuvers” to sway votes during the past two conclaves and denied he is planning to reform the process to elect a pope in a new book-length interview published Tuesday April 2, 2024. (L'Osservatore Romano/Pool photo via AP, File)
![Gregorio Borgia FILE - Pope Francis, right, hugs Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI prior to the start of a meeting with elderly faithful in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on Sept. 28, 2014. Pope Francis has exposed the political “maneuvers” to sway votes during the past two conclaves and denied he is planning to reform the process to elect a pope in a new book-length interview published Tuesday April 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/85b5e756fb374ea6a0bf0d8229d09ba8/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - Pope Francis, right, hugs Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI prior to the start of a meeting with elderly faithful in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on Sept. 28, 2014. Pope Francis has exposed the political “maneuvers” to sway votes during the past two conclaves and denied he is planning to reform the process to elect a pope in a new book-length interview published Tuesday April 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)
![Gregorio Borgia FILE - Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, center, is helped to walk down the steps by Bishops Vincenzo Paglia, left, and Georg Gaenswein prior to the start of a meeting of Pope Francis with the elderly in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, on Sept. 28, 2014. Pope Francis has exposed the political “maneuvers” to sway votes during the past two conclaves and denied he is planning to reform the process to elect a pope in a new book-length interview published Tuesday April 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/cbd2d87e71524c62b5d26d87fa26e0f5/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, center, is helped to walk down the steps by Bishops Vincenzo Paglia, left, and Georg Gaenswein prior to the start of a meeting of Pope Francis with the elderly in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, on Sept. 28, 2014. Pope Francis has exposed the political “maneuvers” to sway votes during the past two conclaves and denied he is planning to reform the process to elect a pope in a new book-length interview published Tuesday April 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)
![Alessandra Tarantino FILE - Pope Francis salutes Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, left, at the end of a consistory in the St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, on Feb. 22, 2014. Pope Francis has exposed the political “maneuvers” to sway votes during the past two conclaves and denied he is planning to reform the process to elect a pope in a new book-length interview published Tuesday April 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/fd2030dbe32b41cfa0637205fa7fab91/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - Pope Francis salutes Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, left, at the end of a consistory in the St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, on Feb. 22, 2014. Pope Francis has exposed the political “maneuvers” to sway votes during the past two conclaves and denied he is planning to reform the process to elect a pope in a new book-length interview published Tuesday April 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File)