Cika wannan jumla:
an kira taron papal na 2013 don zaɓar shugaban Kirista, shugaban Cocin Katolika, don maye gurbin Benedict XVI bayan murabus dinsa a ranar. Dangane da kundin tsarin mulki na apostolic "Universi Dominici gregis", wanda ke kula da hutun ofishin na Holy See, kawai 'yan Cardinals da ba su wuce ranar haihuwar su ta 80 ba a ranar da Holy See ta zama fanko (a wannan yanayin, waɗanda aka haifa a kan ko bayan) sun cancanci shiga cikin taron. Ko da yake ba a bukatar hakan, amma a kullum, 'yan Cardinal masu zaɓe ne suke zaɓan Paparoma daga cikinsu. Ana gudanar da zaben ne ta hanyar jefa kuri'a a asirce.