Ku sii qor faqradan - Cardinal Antonelli waxaa loo tixgeliyey inuu yahay "papabile" Talyaani ah oo ku wajahan qabashada xafiiska 2005
taas oo Pope Benedict XVI loo doortay iyo taas oo Antonelli ahaa cardinal doorashada. Cardinal Antonelli ma awoodo inuu codkiisa ka dhiibto mid ka mid ah shirarka mustaqbalka ee Papa, maadaama uu 80 jirsaday 18 Nofembar 2016. Wuxuu ka fariistay xilka madaxweynaha Golaha Pontifical ee Qoyska 26 Juun 2012.