Cardinals are set to hold a meeting to discuss funeral plans for Pope Francis, but predicting his successor is complicated due to the diverse appointments he made during his tenure. Several potential candidates have been suggested, including Pierbattista Pizzaballa, an Italian cardinal with experience in the Middle East; Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Pope Francis' second-in-command and expert in international relations; Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo, the archbishop of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo; Luis Antonio Tagle, a liberal-leaning cardinal from the Philippines; Cardinal Matteo Maria Zuppi of Italy, known for his work with the poor; Cardinal Peter Erdo of Hungary, an expert in canon law; and Bishop Anders Arborelius of Stockholm, Sweden's first Catholic cardinal.