教皇弗朗西斯：2005 年枢机主教会议中我被“利用”来反对拉辛格，但他是“我的候选人”。 Pope Francis: I Was ‘Used’ Against Ratzinger in 2005 Conclave, But He Was ‘My Candidate’.

教皇方济各在即将出版的《继任者》一书中透露，他在 2005 年的秘密会议中被“利用”来阻止枢机主教约瑟夫·拉青格（现为教皇本笃十六世）的选举。 Pope Francis revealed in a forthcoming book "The Successor" that he was "used" in the 2005 conclave to block the election of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI. 弗朗西斯承认他的名字是一些不知名的红衣主教提出的“策略”的一部分，并表示他不想当选。 Francis admitted his name was put forward as part of a "maneuver" by unnamed cardinals, and said he didn't want to be elected. 拉辛格当天当选，方济各称赞他是“当时唯一可以担任教皇的人”。 Ratzinger was elected on the same day, and Francis praised him as "the only one who could be pope at that time."