Cika wannan jumla: Cantalamessa bai wuce shekaru 80 ba kuma ba kardinal ba ne. Kafin shekara ta 2005 da
2013 papal conclaves, an nemi shi da Kwalejin Cardinals mai tsarki don ɗaukar ɗayan gargaɗin jama'a guda biyu waɗanda ke gabatar da kowane Conclave.